Well, I think, you can choose to send only the headers.
Write up a small script which mails the articles to the address you
want. YOu will need that script in the future too when some reader
asks you for a copy of all parts of FAQ. Again you will end up
sending hours. Btw, sending 20 files takes several hours ? I should
not take more than 1 min per file, I would think.
] I realize that the moderators have a tremendous workload, but it
] seems to me that it would be a lot more efficient for all involved
] if, once an FAQ wiggles its way to the top of the submission queue,
] further correspondence on the FAQ could be expedited so that the
] overall approval time for an FAQ could remain fairly low. As it
In which case, they will be delaying the FAQs for approval which
have just joined the queue. How would you feel if your FAQ was
at the bottom and took 6 weeks because moderators were busy
debating & resolving the FAQ on the top of the list.
I am not taking sides, just contemplating what it would look like
to me if I was in place of *.answers moderators.
] is, I will have had to submit my FAQ and/or discussion regarding
] the FAQ three or four times, and if each time it gets hung up in
] the submission queue for two weeks, that's nearly 2 *months* where
That should be an incentive to narrow down your discussion.
or just accept what they suggest and go ahead with posting your
FAQ, worry about amendments & refinements later - a suggestion.
Premise being that you want to get your FAQ approved & posted
asap.
] I have no idea whether my FAQ is going to be approved
] and suddenly appear on the newsgroups to which it should be posted,
] or whether it will just disappear into limbo. This on a network
I don;t think it will disappear.
] ***********************************************************************
] Robert F. Heeter, rfheeter@pppl.gov
] FAQ Maintainer for the Conventional Fusion FAQ on sci.physics.fusion.
] (Sheesh, I work in a government lab, and *they're* not even this
] inefficient and bureacratic!)
A.Mughal
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