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Posted by Bob Watson on 11/11/05 16:04
I appreciate your advice and will try to adhere to it.
It certainly sounds reasonable.
I also read the replies to your post, specifically
about cross-posting and multi-posting. I know what
cross-posting is (I think - to multiple newsgroups) but
what exactly is multi-posting ??
Thanks,
Bob
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"sam" <rbaba99@caramail.com> wrote in message
news:43739d59$0$67263$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk...
> 1- Give a short and descriptive subject to your post:
> A subject like: "Please help", "Help!", "hmmm!" or "A Newbie question" are
> bad subjects.
> I personally do not read this kind of posts. I just mark them as read.
>
> 2- Try to describe your problem with minimum phrases as possible:
> In all cases try to make your description fits one screen = The scroll
> bars
> of your news poster should not appear.
> The majority of users including me do not read long posts: Imagine how
> many
> posts there are per day on a news group and how much time has the guy that
> will answer your question. People want to help the maximum users possible
> in the time they have.
>
> 3- Point 2 leads to: If you have many questions, post one question a time.
> It is better for you to get the maximum answered questions than nothing
> at all. A long post will probably not be read.
>
> 4- Instead of writing phrases that are not relevant to your problem,
> try to use that space for useful phrases that helps understanding your
> problem.
> Examples:
> I'm newbie. /* We was/are all newbie */
> Let me try to explain /* We expect that */
> If someone can help /* If no one can you will have no answer */
> ....etc
>
> Best regards,
> Sam
>
>
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