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Date:      Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:41:07 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Jenkins <mjenkins@carp.gbr.epa.gov>
To:        sharding@oregon.uoregon.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "The Complete FreeBSD", first edition: errata and addenda
Message-ID:  <199806081741.MAA01271@carp.gbr.epa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980605203453.6875B-100000@gutenberg.uoregon.edu>

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> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:36:03 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sean Harding <sharding@gutenberg.uoregon.edu>
>
> On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> > Yes, I think so.  Even with this list, many people send in questions
> > saying "I didn't find anything about this in \"The Complete
> > FreeBSD\"".  The URL is already in the book, and it doesn't help much.
>
> And if you only read the subject line either way, what difference does it
> make? I don't see why posting the whole thing would cause anyone more
> problems than just posting a URL unless they either are compelled to read
> every word of every message they get or they are printing out all of their
> e-mail...
>
> Sean

Consider the freebsd-questions-digest mailing list which bundles
multiple mail messages into a single mail digest.  Having large
messages with no meaningful content only increases the noise/signal
ratio in the digest.

Mike

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