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[Erno Kuusela]

In article <%slo8.20800$cB5.20607 at atlpnn01.usenetserver.com>, "Steve
Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> writes:

| While you correctly interpret netiquette, might it not have been more
| considerate to this list if you had *mailed* the OP rather than giving
| her/him a public dressing down which many others also had to read
| unnecessarily? Or is it OK to waste *my* time by chastising the OP publicly?

i think it's good to remind people of this occasionally. while it may
waste time for most people, it also lets newbies learn the ways of
netiquette without having to be chastised invividually by email.

  -- erno