On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 14:32:29 PM -0000, mike scott
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> > The message may also illustrate the benefits of subscribing, digest mode,
> > links to netiquette and so on, as long as you don't make it too long ;-)
>
> Even better one could analyse the message automagically and suggest
> likely answers as well as giving appropriate posting guidelines. I'm
> still not entirely sure why I got 'shouted down' a few weeks ago
> when I suggested the same.
it may be because this particular list collects the highest number of
people willing to help, but without enough skills to do it
effectively, or to recognize the most efficient ways to do it.
> Whatever others on the list may think, for my own part I consider it a
> thorough waste of good people's time to answer, for example, a
> subjectless message
see above. Maybe being able to say "I'm a very active OOo support
volunteer, look how many messages I answered today, never mind if I
didn't it right" is the motivator.
Marco
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