Re: FAQs - to spam or not to spam

Bill Wohler (wohler@newt.com)
Thu, 27 Jun 1996 20:45:32 -0700

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mitchmcc@ultranet.com (Mitchell McCann) writes:
> I recently wrote the Formula One Motor Racing FAQ which I post monthly to
> rec.autos.sport.f1 and rec.autos.spot.info (a moderated group). I have
> received a couple of complaints from people who say that although they
> appreciate the FAQ they do not appreciate having to download it twice a
> month as it is quite long. One person actually likened it, in a polite and
> reasoned way, to spam. Even though it is long (about 100k), I thought
> correct netiquette was to post it to the groups concerned. It is available
> on a Web page and I've had it approved so if I can ever figure out what it
> is I'm doing wrong, it'll also be posted to the 'answers' groups.

Yes, do crosspost to rec.answers. No, it isn't spam. The two
complainers are hardly a consensus and can probably be ignored. If
you feel the need, send a note to the newsgroup and ask for
potential solutions and then repost your chosen solution.

Perhaps you could post the full FAQ monthly, and post a table of
contents with pointers to ftp and Web areas bi-weekly (as I do in
comp.mail.mh).

Wolfram v.Kiparski <wolf@NetHeaven.com> writes:
> 2. Break your FAQ into "byte-sized" pieces. Each section should be no
> larger than 30k.
>

Not necessarily. When the comp.mail.mh FAQ broke the 100k barrier,
I sent a note out to the newsgroup asking if I should break it up.
I received only one response--saying NOT to break it up.

p.s. Coincidently, I just got copies of pictures of the 1993
Adelaide Grand Prix from my traveling companion at the time. The
ones of Schumacher and the late Senna were quite good...

Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> ph: +1-415-854-1857 fax: +1-415-854-3195
Say it with MIME. Maintainer of comp.mail.mh and news.software.nn FAQs.
If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

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