Re: Why questions don't get answered, or "No, I've already RTFM, tell me the answer!"

[Mike McCarty]

Charles Heselton wrote:
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> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 7:38 PM
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> > Subject: Why questions don't get answered, or "No, I've 
> > already RTFM, tell me the answer!"

[snip]
> > And why would you ignore a reasonable question unless you 
> > don't know the
> > answer?
>
> Is replying to say "I don't know" any more constructive than ignoring
> the question?  At the least it lets the OP know that the mail was
> received, but really, that's about it.

[snip]

Only if it is a question which the responder has reason to believe
that very few know the answer, and is trying to redirect the poster
either in posing a better question, or to another echo.

Mike