>Jacquie and everyone else,
>
>I rarely put on my "list owner hat" here, but felt I ought to this time.
>
>Putting a subject on a posting to an e-mail list is one of those limitless
>unwritten rules on the network.  It helps people sift through those notes
>that may be of interest without having to actually read them.  For those
>of us who get hundreds of pieces of mail a day, its very helpful.  I
>encourage all of you to use informative subjects when posting on this or
>any other list.
>
>However, I felt that the tone of Ralph's note was also out of line.  You
>can attempt to correct such situations without being offensive or sarcastic.
>I have sent him a private note expressing this opinion.  Many of the people
>especially the IBMer's on this list are new to e-mail lists and don't know
>all these unwritten rules.  Alittle patience and a private note can go a
>long way to help them learn the rules and keep the discussion polite and
>productive.
>
>If you can't get a problem resolved, you can always send a note to me
>privately and I'll try to help.  I can always remove someone from the list
>as a last resort.  However, I don't expect that I'll ever have to do that
>on this list...%-)
>
>Martha (ADSM-L list owner, among others)
>
Martha,
thanks for a "sanity"-pointer..... Some of us start in life
disconnected from SYS1.CLUE. Others have Intel inside....


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