Re: few more questions

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 05:56:02PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>"Don't post multiple questions in a single message, unless they are 
>intrinsically and tightly related.  By doing so, your subject line no 
>longer specifically describes the contents of the message, unless you use 
>generic and nondescriptive subject lines like "A few more questions" or 
>"Multiple questions about Linux".  This reduces the likelihood that anyone 
>will bother reading your message, much less answer it -- remember, hackers 
>are generally allergic to what they percieve as open-ended time sinks.  It 
>also reduces the likelihood that anyone other than you will benefit from 
>the answers -- since the content is hidden behind a non-deswcriptive 
>subject.  This again lowers the incentive for anyone to answer your query."

You should send this to him, Chuck.  It's a good observation.

cgf

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