>> "Jeannine" <jeannine@wfleague.org> wrote in message
>> news:OMRmDwX6FHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Anna, how shall I respond to your questions? Can I just answer them or
>>> do I need to restate the entire problem and your question. Can't you
>>> and others see the question posed and the responses given along the way?
>>> Jeannine


> "Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message
> news:egFn1vY6FHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Jeannine:
>> I don't want to make this a major issue for you in any way that would
>> thwart your response. If you simply respond to my posting by
>> right-clicking on the "Reply to Group" menu item, my post will be
>> displayed and you can respond as you see fit. Since I incorporated your
>> original query in my response to you, all the pertinent information will
>> be reflected in whatever message you send.
>> Anna


"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mikehalll@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eUPM26e6FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Anna
>
> You have already done enough.. the OP was responding to me, an action for
> which your initial response was out of order.. now the OP does not know
> what to do.. way to go..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User


Mike:
I do regret if somehow I've inhibited the OP from pursuing her query. I was
only trying to guide her in providing sufficient background information re
her problem whenever she posts. If I did so in some awkward & clumsy manner,
then I apologize to her (and others who might be offended) for doing so.

But when all is said & done, I strongly believe, as I have previously
stated, that it is inappropriate for this newsgroup and similar ones to be
treated as some sort of "chatline" between two (or possibly more) posters.
In my view, *every* post - virtually without exception except in the most
trivial of cases - should contain sufficient background information re the
issue and/or problem being discussed during the thread, including pertinent
prior responses that the current poster deems necessary. So that ANY viewer
coming upon the thread can understand the issue/problem and solutions
offered. It is insufficient, in my view, for a poster to respond to a query
and merely offer his or her response *without* including the OP's query
and/or whatever background information is needed for an understanding of the
problem by someone reading the current post. Furthermore, as the thread
develops in complexity, it's important (and even crucial) - in my view -
that sufficient background information be incorporated in any response so
that the thread can be followed in an intelligent & meaningful way.
Obviously, this does not mean that ever prior posting dealing with the issue
be included verbatim, but at least the pertinent portions of prior postings
bearing on the issue or perhaps a brief summary of the problem/issue should
be offered.

It seems to me that we can all profit from the problems/issues raised in
this newsgroup and the solutions offered. It's more than a one-on-one
enterprise. But if there is to be this "educational component", as it were,
it's important, again, in my view, that our posts be reasonably
comprehensive in that each posting contains sufficient information
delineating the issue/problem and includes whatever pertinent information
has transpired during the thread that bears upon the subject at hand.
Anna