--- "M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason why I intentionally snipped the second > part of your > statement: > > > ... asking (for the umpteenth time) whether OOo > runs on > > Vista.........." > > is that I want to point out that answering _any_ > subjectless message, regardless of the subscription > status of its author, even if it contains a question
> nobody asked before, is a waste of good people's > time. > > If the question is, say, "how to sort rows in calc" > and the_answerer_, if not the poster, properly labels > the answer, all the other subscribers will know, > without wasting time, what the message is about and > will open it if they want to learn the same thing. > > Without wasting everybody's time and bandwidth the > next day asking "how to sort rows in calc", at risk > of being told "we explained this just yesterday, why > didn't you read it?". Another poster today > explained this very effectively. Maybe some of the multiple askings of the same question could be avoided by adding another line to the bottom of all postings to the list, along with the unsubscribe and options lines. This line would read: "For answers to frequently asked questions, go to: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ"; Colin. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
