TECHWR_L topics revisited

["Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>]

     Mark and all,
     Good point! I wasn't as clear or exact as I should have
     been.

     I was trying to explain that I don't see, for example,
     Frame questions as being as far afield as Windows 95.
     "How do I send a fax through Windows 95" will generate
     an immediate rant from me about inappropriate use,
     while a question about building an index in Frame
     won't, necessarily.

     Without a doubt, product specific questions should go
     to the correct list--probably not TECHWR-L. I'll be
     somewhat tolerant of directly related issues (indexes
     in Frame) and completely intolerant of other ones
     (using cc:Mail). There are some product specific issues
     that do belong here, but most don't.

     Better?
     Eric
     ejray -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu





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Subject: Re: TECHWR_L topics
Author:  Mark Levinson <mark -at- SD -dot- CO -dot- IL> at SMTP
Date:    7/28/95 10:40 AM


Eric, I love you but in inviting product-specific DTP and word-processing
discussions on techwr-l you are, in my opinion, opening Pandora's box.
There are separate, helpful lists for FrameMaker, MS Word on PC, MS Word on
Mac, WordPerfect, and other DTP/WP applications.  There, people
interested in a specific application can find more expertise than
techwr-l can offer, and without bothering others whom the specific
application does not interest.

The volume of messages on techwr-l is already causing complaints and
drop-outs.  Why swell it with messages that could better be directed
elsewhere?

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