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Re: Your old friend is being posted again!

Title: Re: [GWL] Your old friend is being posted again!
Recently there are more letters being posted that are "one-liners" - letters
with short answers that really aren't of interest to the list.  In the
interests of keeping the list as relevant to ALL of us as possible, here are
some tips to keep in mind when replying to a letter (thanks to Doug Green).

** The poster's address is on the header that gets into your letter.  At
the top it should say
TO: GardenWriters@lists.ibiblio.org and under that
From: XXXXX@ XXXXX.com   The xxxx's mark the spot - that's the address of
the
person sending the note.

** If you want to thank the person who answered - reply directly to that
person using the xxxxx address.  We'll all assume you are grateful - you
don't have to thank each of us in a post to the group.  If you want to make
a personal statement of some kind - use the xxxx address - not the list.

** If you want to ask a question - do this. That's why we're all here - to
ask, answer and find out what's happening with this great group of people.

** Don't fill our mailboxes with "me-too" statements.  One person says
"there's a problem here" and everybody else says "me too."  Somebody says
"too many mails" and a host of
"me-toos echo from the electronic halls.   If we eliminated all the
"me-too's" we would not have problems.

** There are two parts to any list. Content and Noise. (these are technical
e-list publication terms)   Ask yourself before you post - "Is this post
going to help somebody?"  If the post is helpful to somebody it is content.
Just like your magazine and newspaper articles.  Newspapers and magazines
don't print too many "me-too statements." :-)

Thank you ALL for helping keep the ratio of information to noise as high as
possible.
 
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