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Re: I need help



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On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 01:48:34AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 12/02/2016, Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It would be sweet if we didn't encourage people to post subject lines
> > like "I need help". It helps no one else but the OP. Ric
> >
> 
> Quite agree.
> 
> "I need help" also happens to sound like a spam message subject line,
> quite appart from it lacking any indication of a problem description.

So far so good. This looks like useful feedback.

> And, "I need help" better applies to "I need help" to stop people
> posting messages with useless subject lines like "I need nelp".

This looks like unnecessary, gratuitous bashing. It looks like
venting of frustration. I'd suggest (look, ma: no imperatives)
to just let it be. This list is here to help each other and even
(gasp!) newbies. If you don't feel like helping that's OK.
Don't help, then.

> I suggest that this mailing list be changed to a mailing list to which
> only subscribers can post [...]

Luckily it ain't so. By design.

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