From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 16:38:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F193737B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:38:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7348C43EDC for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:38:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) id gBN0cbvI078637; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:38:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:38:37 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Mike Jeays Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List etiquette Message-ID: <20021223003837.GC87124@dan.emsphone.com> References: <3E065996.6050203@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E065996.6050203@rogers.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Dec 22), Mike Jeays said: > Many times I have asked questions on this list, and had helpful > replies from one or more people. My usual practice is to reply to > them directly and thank them, and tell them whether their idea > helped. This avoids cluttering up the list with "thank-you" > messages, but may look as though I haven't bothered to even listen. > > Should one post such replies to the list? It's a good idea, so that people reading the thread later have confirmation that the suggestion actually was the correct solution. > Secondly, an occasional question goes unanswered - perhaps because no > one thought it was interesting enough to reply. Is it acceptable to > post it again after a few days? I'd wait a week before reposting, and then try to ask the question a different way, or provide more info. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message