Only wrong answers should be sent off list, eh? tim in san jose On 4/13/07, Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net> wrote: > > Loren, > > Thanks for your post is it absolutely correct. I have observed postings > with questions that sparked my interest or addressed concerns of mine only > to never see a response. > > Mark in AK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > Date: Friday, April 13, 2007 7:41 am > Subject: Responding Off List was Re: [VANAGON] Acceleratro cable > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > RE: Responding pmail instead of to the list...... > > This thread is about the third time this week that someone has > > posted a good > > question and list members responded off list with good answers. > > That'sgreat but defeats a major part of the reason the list > > exists, sharing > > information. On non-Vanagon stuff a response off list, to the > > originatoronly, is good list etiquette But when it's a Vanagon > > technical question > > there are probably several people that the question attracted and are > > waiting for an answer. Not replying on the list also keeps the > > answer out > > of the Archives. We so often see "Search the archives" in answer > > to a > > commom question but if there is no answer in the archives, only > > questions,then that is little help. > > BTW, this is not an attack on those that respond off list, just > > pointing out > > that there may be more than one person waiting for an answer. > > >
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