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On Mar 31, 11:22 am, gaze...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenny McCormack)
wrote:
> In article <slrnfv1vfa.159s.wil...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>
> Willem <wil...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Richard wrote:
> >) But a naive solution would be simply auto reply to each new post
> >)
> >) "have you read the FAQ : here ..."
>
> >He pointed to a *specific item* in the FAQ.
>
> Yes. We all understand that.
>
> >) In your haste you seem to have misunderstood. My point is that 99.99% of
> >) questions here are answered in one way or other by the FAQ,
> >)
> >) Simply questioning people as to whether they read it and then somewhat
> >) pompously pointing them there makes the group pretty much redundant.
>
> >He pointed to the *specific part* of the FAQ that answered the question.
>
> Yes. We all understand that.
It was not clear from your posts that you understood that.
>
> And, yes, all also understand that that is the part that would be a
> little tricky about implementing the auto-responder. Save that for
> Version 2.0.
>
> In the meantime, an auto-responder that simply greets every new thread
> (by a newbie - the program would keep a list of people to exclude from
> treatment) with "The answer is in the FAQ. Please see the FAQ at: <URL>"
> would be very nice and save certain people (e.g., Bwian) from having to
> do it manually.
But not every new thread by new comers has an answer in the FAQ.
BTW I noticed that you only responded to RH complaining about his
post. You never bothered to answer the OP. Maybe next time you will
lead by example rather than complain?
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