Only wrong answers should be sent off list, eh?

tim in san jose

On 4/13/07, Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net> wrote:
>
> Loren,
>
> Thanks for your post is it absolutely correct.  I have observed postings
> with questions that sparked my interest or addressed concerns of mine only
> to never see a response.
>
> Mark in AK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Friday, April 13, 2007 7:41 am
> Subject: Responding Off List was Re: [VANAGON] Acceleratro cable
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> > RE: Responding pmail instead of to the list......
> > This thread is about the third time this week that someone has
> > posted a good
> > question and list members responded off list with good answers.
> > That'sgreat but defeats a major part of the reason the list
> > exists, sharing
> > information.  On non-Vanagon stuff a response off list, to the
> > originatoronly, is good list etiquette But when it's a Vanagon
> > technical question
> > there are probably several people that the question attracted and are
> > waiting for an answer.  Not replying on the list also keeps the
> > answer out
> > of the Archives.  We so often see "Search the archives" in answer
> > to a
> > commom question but if there is no answer in the archives, only
> > questions,then that is little help.
> > BTW, this is not an attack on those that respond off list, just
> > pointing out
> > that there may be more than one person waiting for an answer.
> >
>

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