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Subject: Re: How to get maximum results from FreeBSD-questions
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 11:55:26 MDT
From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
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> [Guidelines for getting questions answered]
>
>> Comments?
>
> One point that is often missed in my experience.  You may not get an answer to
> your questions ever simply because no-one knows the answer.  One repost might
> be justified, but posting again and again is not appreciated.  If the readers
> of the list don't know the answer they will just say nothing.  Far better that
> than 200 messages on the list all saying "Sorry, I can't help".
>
> Agreed?

Agreed.  I'll add it to my draft.

Greg