Re: A WASTE OF TIME

[Vince Putman <PUTMV -at- MAIL -dot- SYNTRON -dot- COM>]

     Disappointed,

     Please lighten up.  You should know by now that it is easier to smile than
     to frown all the time.  Relax, or are you always so easy to distract?  If
     so, then even this kindly note troubles you.  OR :-) OR ;-) OR is it %-]
     that prevents you from getting the value out of TECHWR-L?  I have not seen
     any posts from you -- why not?

     BTW, why not try the newsgroup or digest form of this list and use keyword
     searches to get to topics of interest?

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Subject: A WASTE OF TIME
Author:  "Judy Boyd [ESRI-Redlands]" <jboyd -at- ESRI -dot- COM> at INTERNET_MAIL
Date:    3/1/95 1:26 PM


** CAUTION:  THIS MESSAGE IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME **

Two observations of a new subscriber (one day):

        1. This is a very busy list.
        2. About half the messages are a total waste of my time.

I find it irritating to open a messages that says, "Hang in there, buddy."
This type of message should have been sent to the guy that was looking
for sympathy, not to the entire list.

I subscribe to only one other list.  People there post messages
(usually questions) to the list and responses are sent to the person
who made the inquiry.  A summary of the responses is posted to the
list (IF the result might be of some help to another subscriber).

Two questions from a new subscriber:

        1.  Is this a professional discussion list or a chat group?
        2.  Am I the only one that thinks there is a problem?

Disappointed,
jboyd -at- esri -dot- com