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Re: About Long Posts for Conferences, Calls for Papers, Etc.
Subject:Re: About Long Posts for Conferences, Calls for Papers, Etc. From:John Gough <john -at- ATRIUM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 8 Jul 1994 12:33:39 CDT
[ Jim Grey writes: ]
> I prefer to see sharply abridged announcements, with an e-mail address to
> query for full information.
Strongly disagree. One of the advantages of the net is access
without bureacracy. Also, nonprofits should not have to fund
the overhead of multiple queries--they're stretched pretty
thin as it is.
Consider getting a better reader. ELM works well if you're on
UNIX. You can q out of a long post whenever you want, or avoid
reading it by inspecting the length before you browse.
J.
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