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In article <1994Mar16.070739.4179@dmp.csiro.au> annef@dmp.csiro.au (Anne Foxworthy) writes:
>tony@Winkie.Oz.nthu.edu.tw (Tony G Wu) writes:
>>>   Please post the F.A.Q. Since there are people who have no ftp accessibility.
>>>   It is very inconvenient for them to obtain it.

>>  Well, a mailserver indeed solves the problem. But what I am trying to
>>  say is the F.A.Q. should be posted regularly. When I get into a new
>>  newsgroup, I will first check the F.A.Q. to see for what this group is.
>>  Then I decide whether if I should subscribe it or not. In my honest
>>  opinion, a posted F.A.Q. will benefit more people than a post points
>>  people where to get the F.A.Q.

>Surely that depends on whether you are paying for news by the byte? If you
>are, then you might prefer to only pay to get the FAQ when you want it,
>and not have to pay to receive it whether you want it or not. After all,
>many FAQs are largish.

Yes, but posting the FAQ in a newsgroup such as this (alright then, these)
would not make a significant difference because of the amount of stuff
here already.  In fact it may even reduce the amount of traffic because
it may (or may not) reduce the number of FAQs asked.

But I think the main advantage to posting the FAQ here would be that
it would then be available for discussion, and hence would be more
readily corrected and updated.  Last time I looked at it, the FAQ
had several items that were out of date, and didn't answer enough
of the Q's that are F A'd here!

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