On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> would it also be good if the posting people would try to identify what
> type of question they ask? so that the appropriate person can quickly
> answer the questions instead of wading through all the mails and reading
> all? Of course this would only apply if the newbie has been in the list a
> little bit longer already and has familiarity on what type of question he
> is asking.
>
> e.g. adding "[installation]" in the subject line can quickly catch the
> attention of the "in-charge".
>
> This is something like if you want higher priority and you know who to
> ask directly, you'll get quicker response. It's just that the list right
> now is still manageable but as time will pass, it will have bigger volume.
I think this puts an added burden on the newbie poster. I know it is
trivial to do that for us, but how clueful do you think most newbies will
be? I'm not saying that they're all clueless, but the rules should
definitely tell all what topics would be blatantly off topic on the list.
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