From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 17:55: 2 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 E553D37B405 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 17:55:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-94-58-56.stny.rr.com [24.94.58.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0214A43EDA for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 17:55:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 00E2D4FC8A; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:39:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF9D74A0E; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:39:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:39:17 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Mike Jeays Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List etiquette In-Reply-To: <20021223003837.GC87124@dan.emsphone.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:38:37 -0600 > Subject: Re: List etiquette > > 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. > Agreed - by having a solution confirmation in the archives of this list, it makes searching the archives a little easier and more believable. Not that I minded the private 'danke' :) > > 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. > Ocassionally there will be no response because nobody knows the answer *or* it's been answered ad nauseum in the archives. Re-posting with an update, however, does keep the archives up to date. JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message