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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 2 Nov 1997.
Re: Time for a new FAQ?

Re: Time for a new FAQ?

llizard wrote:
> It's not really fair to say that people don't even bother reading
> what was posted two or three days ago. My newsreader is expunging
> messages so quickly that I can't really look at anything from two
> or three days ago.
> Even though I don't exactly have the best ISP (still waiting for
> "the envy of all newsreaders" to be installed), I think I'm seeing
> most of the posts but only if I look *every* day.
> 
> Okay, so how about making the subject heading read:
> 
> *NEW* TO ASCII-ART? READ ME (FAQ)

Hm.  Your ISP is an extreme example, most keep them for over a week.
Even the one that my mother uses which is run from one lady
in a 1 room building over a bike shop keeps them for 4 days....
My isp keeps article for over 3 weeks, so missing is rather hard to
do.
-- 


--ran...@slip.net
--Randy Gardner

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From: Randy Gardner <ran...@slip.net>
Subject: Re: Time for a new FAQ?
Date: 1997/11/02
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