At 08:56 AM +0100 1/12/02, Victor Sack wrote:
>We might do it in an emergency. I much prefer doing manual postings on
>a regular basis. No need to send all those commands to the server
>every
>time I make a small change, like wanting to post the FAQ a day later...
All those commands? (he says, scratching his head ...)
Even doing it manually, I always found updating the server to be far
easier than posting manually. Paste it into an email, address it
("faq-server" is an alias in my address book), type UPDATE
diabetes/faq/part1 <password>, and send. No worry about getting the
headers right, because the static ones are already in the document and
the FAQ server takes care of the dynamic ones. To force a posting takes
a single FORCE diabetes/faq/part1 <password> command (that posts all
five linked parts automatically).
Or something like that. Long ago I set up an AppleScript to drive
Eudora to send all five parts for me. Double-click on the script and
I'm done. Hard to get much easier. You're welcome to the script if you
want it (I noticed the "User-Agent: MacSOUP" in your headers).
As I've pointed out repeatedly here, immediate posting of changes is
seldom warranted or worth the trouble, even though I completely
understand the urge to get it out there right away. Get over it. Your
audience is *not* waiting on pins and needles for the next revision.
Usenet FAQs just don't work that way. Yes, the revisions are important,
but it's almost never important to send them out in that kind of time
frame. You are just making extra work for yourself.
And if you think you really have to get the new stuff posted
immediately -- or just want the satisfaction of getting it distributed
-- reposting the entire FAQ is just about the worst possible way to do
it. Instead, post the revised material only, in a one-time posting
(just to the relevant newsgroup).
I know, I wanted control over the timing and other aspects before I
started using the server. I got over it. After a few months I found
that I no longer cared what day of the month or day of the week it got
posted. It posts when it posts. I update when I update. If I update
just after a posting, well, two weeks isn't too long to wait. So
although I understand the desire to control when your FAQ is posted, I
think it's unnecessary, a waste of your valuable time, and fairly easy
to get over.
Most of that last paragraph is pasted from my 1996 posting on this
topic here ...
In any case, PLEASE do not ask the moderators to spend ANY time
catering to your quirks on this matter. They have a system that works
perfectly well in this respect, and have far more important things to
spend their time on.
Edward Reid
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