Just my two cents, but ...

[Shixing Wen]

The problem is that when I sent out a reply message, there were no other
postings on the list. It takes a while for the list to process our messages.
That causes multiple answers to a simple question. Is there any way to
prevent such unfortunate consequences?


At 05:24 PM 7/30/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Just my two cents, but ...
>
>Once a simple question is answered shouldn't we just let the thread die.  
>This isn't intended as any kind of a flame and I left my asbetos suit at
home so please
>extinguish all flammables.
>
>A dozen or more messages on how to do a simple graphic manipulation is a
bit excessive. 
>Sharing knowledge and all that is what these lists are about, but clogging
mailboxes with
>repetitive posts of instructions reduces the overall quality of the list.
>
>