Re: Curmudgeon Reply

2002-10-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:31:53PM +0100, raphael wrote: >And dont forget to ask that people might ?To whom it might concern? instead >of cryptic shortcuts like TWIMC. Actually, as long as we're correcting people it is "To whom it may concern". Using an acronym in a greeting is, IMO, no big deal

Re: Curmudgeon Reply

2002-10-01 Thread Randall R Schulz
Raphael, True. I use very few acronyms (but a few years doing DARPA-funded work will do that to you), but I do occasionally use that one. I usually figure that in context it's either obvious or at least would force people to think a bit. It's also immaterial to the content of the message. Ra

Re: Curmudgeon Reply

2002-10-01 Thread raphael
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:49:31AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > TWIMC, > > When you post to this list (or any list, of course), please use subject > headers that are descriptive of the question you are asking. > > Subject headers such as "Beginner's Question," "Newbie Needs Help" or, god >