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adisegna@siscocorp.com - 30 Oct 2004 20:18 GMT

Not to be a pain in the a.s but can posters please use a subject line that better describes their topic. "Help me" and "need help" type subjects usually get deleted without a second thought...

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sentinel - 30 Oct 2004 22:02 GMT

>Not to be a pain in the a.s but can posters please use a subject line that better describes their topic. "Help me" and "need help" type subjects usually get deleted without a second thought...

I've been doing that already. Typically if someone has thought of a
meaningful subject line then I may spend a minute or more looking at
their message. Heck, I might learn something from their post myself :-)

perlmonks.org has a great write up on how to ask a question in case
anyone needs help with that bit :-)

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Charles K. Clarkson - 31 Oct 2004 00:47 GMT

: : Not to be a pain in the a.s but can posters please use a
: : subject line that better describes their topic. "Help me"
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: perlmonks.org has a great write up on how to ask a question in
: case anyone needs help with that bit :-)

You're preaching to the choir. Many of us who have lurked or
participated on the list already pay attention to our subjects.
The problem is more pervasive than just this list. In general,
people who don't use good subjects are not regular participants in
mailing lists.

So the better subject message is only good for those people
who have lurked the list a while or who have read the list FAQ.
Unfortunately, many beginner perl programmers are beginner
programmers and list users as well. We are unlikely to reach
them by posting on _this_ list.

HTH,

Charles K. Clarkson

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I had a client last year who insisted on writing every post
in HTML. Problem was, her messages were very detailed and required
bottom posting each question. When I sent them back in plain text
she called me on the phone.

"Why do you send everything back in plain text. That's so rude!"

I bit back a laugh and told her about the historical use of
bottom posting and how USENET posters established many rules we
now use in email a very long time ago. Her reply was typical.

"But how do I do bold and colors and italics in plain text?"

*Sigh*

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