From:	Jan Labanowski <jkl \\at// ccl.net>
Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 1993 09:55:11 -0500
Subject:	Keep the noise down, please

Dear Subscribers to Computational Chemistry List,

I have to ask you again to maintain a quality of this list. I am getting
more and more messages in the following spirit:

> Sorry to bother you with this, but I do think the S/N ratio on the CC
> list is rising. Most people post messages asking which computer they
> should buy or which non-chemical software they should run (printer
> daemons....). Half of the rest of the messages are 'thank you', which
> could just as well have been sent directly to the people that answered
> the question.
>
> If you agree with me that this is 'Noise' and not 'Signal' on the
> group, I would appreciate it if you could post a notice with your
> opinion to the list.  If you think this is appropriate use of the
> list, I would like to be removed from the distribution.

Before you post anything to the list, please read carefully the "help file"
for the list. It spells out the intent and the focus of the list.
Please discover a simple fact that people who can answer your questions will
do it only if they can learn from your problem. Your question has to be
interesting to be worth answering (and asking?...).

Remember that some questions are asked again and again and again...
Before you ask the question try to see if this was already answered by
searching chemistry archives. There are not that many archives which can
be searched by full UNIX type regular expressions and logical expressions.
Use this opportunity and keep the noise level down.

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    send help.search from chemistry
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Your "coordinator"
Jan Labanowski
jkl &$at$& ccl.net



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