Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mtunx!mtune!codas!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Posting for the rest of us Message-ID: <259@ateng.UUCP> Date: 4 May 88 15:34:14 GMT References:<4203@dasys1.UUCP> Reply-To: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 19 Keywords: piontlessness and commonality In article <4203@dasys1.UUCP> jailbait@dasys1.UUCP (Richard Segal) writes: >One problem with the problem of (F)ollowingup vs. (R)eplying... >As I think we all know by now, (R)eply NEVER works. The variety of mailers >is such that it is impossible to hit (R) and place decent odd on the msg's >arriving. I get at least 50% success on replies. Part of it is examining the message before I send it. Sometimes I get stupidities like: To: foobar@xyzzy.UNM.EDU.UUCP which can be fixed before you mail them. If you can't R)eply, complain to your postmaster! Making it work (mostly!) is his job. -- Chip Salzenberg "chip@ateng.UU.NET" or "codas!ateng!chip" A T Engineering My employer may or may not agree with me. "I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's." -- Blake