From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
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Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated?
Date: 6 Mar 1997 03:41:37 GMT
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Paul Shirley (Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat) wrote:

: Back in the real world: I suppose its worth discussing what an
: appropriate response to the FAQs that annoy Eli so much should be.
: Converting them to an email response *most* of the time sounds
: reasonable to me.

I don't remember ever seeing Eli annoyed :) 

IMHO a suitable response to a FAQ is a pointer to the relevant section 
of the FAQ, possibly with a brief explanation. If people see such a 
post as a response to a question, there is no point in duplicating it
(unless there is a mistake in it). I appreciate that propagation speed 
makes it inevitable that some people may duplicate this type of post, 
and on the mailing list messages aren't threaded, making it difficult 
to see whether such a response has already been given.  

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George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.