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Subject:Re: Answer in the archives?
From:mike miller
Date:Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:31:30 -0700

OXY light?

Have I got one?

Do I want one?

Is it Friday yet?

mike

> From: Bradley Flubacher <flubach@HOME.COM>
> Reply-To: Bradley Flubacher <flubach@HOME.COM>
> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:23:27 -0400
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Answer in the archives?
>
> Does it really matter when a question is asked whose answer is already in
> the archives?  As I see it,
>
> 1. A new or old question asked generates discussion and dynamics that most
> likely never existed before. People meet people. I really like that aspect
> of it.
> 2. New or old listees reading the new post and responses might learn
> something before it goes wrong for them.
> 3. Bandwidth, server time and disk space are consumed.  All cheap by today's
> standards.
> 4. Search time through the archive is unnessarily increased.
> 5. People who've already delt with the issue on or off the list see a
> message they can/must immediately delete.
>
> So, "should" I really feel guilty about posting a message with a question
> that's been answered a few times in the past?
>
> My personal answer-  probably not, unless it's something very simple, like
> "How do I turn off my OXY light?"
>
> What do yo think?
>
> Bradley Flubacher
> State College, PA
> '82 VW diesel westy
> '84 GL wasserboxer
>