>Surely responses to general queries should be regarded as signal and not
>noise.  Personal mail that is misdirected to the list may well be noise,
>but can still be enlightening, and is bearably infrequent.
>Many replies to initial queries provoke further questions from interested
>bystanders, as well as better answers.
>I could have sent this just to Danny but thought I'd share it with the
>rest of you.
>
>Ray
>
 
 
I agree. If the topic under discussion is not of interest to
me then neither the question nor the answers is of interest.
If the topic is interesting then the answers are more use to me
than the question in most cases.
 
                                        Guy Cox