Network News or Mail?????????
R.Shoe (rshoe@tinman.unl.edu)
Fri, 19 Nov 93 15:24:38 CST
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>Steve Patt's post was enlightening and relevant to the purpose of the
>list. I'm sure a similar post from another vendor would also inform the
>group.
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>Besides, let's say Steve (or anyone else) posted pure sales-hype or
>worse. I suspect the readers of this list are smart enough to figure
>this out. Then wouldn't such a post actually hurt the vendor?
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I have no problem with any of this; however, when I start seeing phrases like
"he posted this", or "would someone post that", I feel that we are
beginning to confuse the purpose of an E-Mail list with that of a
USENET news group. I am perfectly happy to be involved in an E-Mail
distribution system like AMMRL, but this has begun to degenerate into
what I see on network news (on the rare occasion when I have time to
read any of that "information").
IMHO, an E-Mail distribution list is not the place for "threads" such as
the one started by Shaw's note. I can see people sending replys to he
who asked for it, and then Shaw could mail a summary to AMMRL, but having
everyone mail their every thought to the entire group causes lots-o-clutter
in my E-Mail box! If enough of y'all out there enjoy this stuff, you could
easily start a misc.NMR.banter newsgroup! :-)
'nuf said.
Richard Shoemaker, Ph.D. Phone--(402) 472-6255
Instrumentation Director, Chemistry FAX---- -9402
University of Nebraska-Lincoln