Re: BSE: What is it?

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 05:53:42 +0000

In article <Pine.APO.3.91.941209215548.4883A-100000-100000@drought.berkeley.edu>,

>Hmm.  I am sorry that you were forced to read this post several times.
>In reality I only posted this information once and only posted
>information when the others ask for further information.

I sent you *email* (which you so graciously posted) to point this out.
Re-posting the game information twice more when others asked you is
not The Way To Do It -- send them email. If your mailer (pine) is
over-enthusiastic about posting things, then stop it from doing so.

>My advice in the future is to ignore BSE posts if you are not
>interested.  If others are interested, then it is only polite that I
>respond.

No, it's polite to send email to them. I understand that it's normal
on CIS for very little personal mail to be sent, and for postings
asking "what game shall I play" to get an answer from every company on
the forum. Neither of these practices are common on Usenet. Instead,
folks wondering about new games have access to documents which
describe a bunch of games, plus there's an ftp site with detailed
rules (which includes an old copy of the BSE rules). If your
affiliation wants more players, post and say so, but it's not
necessary to post (repeatedly) a long description of the game.

-- g

References

Re: BSE: What is it?
Richard Chiang <richc@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Sat, 10 Dec 1994 06:08:39 +0000

Referenced By

Re: BSE: What is it?
Richard Chiang <richc@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Sat, 10 Dec 1994 06:08:39 +0000