Re: LM_NET Header Protocol Suggestion

[Sandra M Barron <sbarron@TENET.EDU>]

Sounds great to me too. With our service freezing up lately I have a lot
of mail to get through also. It would really help to see a ? on
information seeking messages.
Sandy Barron
Tomball High School
Tomball, Texas             "Making a Difference"

On Sun, 3 Apr 1994, Steve K. Grant wrote:

> In trying to wade through 800+ messages today (I know...I'm a terrible
> emailer!), it occurred to me that it might be helpful to all of us if we
> started using a _question mark_ at the end of any header we post which is
> _asking_ for information as opposed to _providing_ it.  For example...
>         "Granger's on CD-ROM?" ...would be an inquiry asking if, say,
> anyone has it, knows anything about it, can recommend it, etc., while...
>         "Granger's on CD-ROM" ...would be an offering of information
> about it.
>    Whaddya think, folks?  Would this save _you_ time?  Like TARGET/HIT, it
> might prove a useful tool we cook up ourselves as exploratory cybernauts.
>
>         Steve Grant, Library Media Teacher
>         La Jolla High School (619) 454-3081 x228
>         sgrant@ctp.org
>