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From: Allen Mellen <>
Subject: [TMG] Wait a day
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 20:18:44 -0400
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At 05:43 PM 9/1/02 -0400, bob gillis wrote:
>I wasn't yelling so much at Lori as all the 19 replies many of which
>were wrong. Since Wednesday 28 Aug I have received over 784 TMG-L
>messages. Since there are other forums to ask on, I complained mainly
>in general.

I'm not singling out my friend bob in saying this -- in fact I chose to
quote him because he is quite an understanding person.

I believe the following to be good rules of thumb:

If you are tempted to reply to a message in order to say it is off topic,
or to complain about the posting or the poster -- wait a day before you
send your reply.

If a message makes you angry -- wait a day (or more) before you reply.

If you can characterize your message as "yelling at someone" -- don't send
it at all.

If your message is about the volume of messages on this list -- don't send
it at all.

If your message consists of complaints about the developers or the product
-- send it to Bob Velke, not to the list. -- because no one outside of
Wholly Genes is in a position to respond to complaints.

Allen

"The whole point of TMG is that you are recording evidence, not historical
facts." -- Bob Velke
The Picklist and the Project Explorer are lists of names -- not simply
lists of people.

Allen Mellen -- New York, NY
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http://www.geocities.com/allenmellen
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