Re: MONITORING

It makes sense, but I don't think it's a good idea. I tend to pick a few messages by their titles - ignoring ones like 'Oracle problem; or 'Help please' - because I don't have a lot of time to answer all the questions that I could answer. I look for titles that suggest that there may be a real problem, or someone working hard to try and describe their problem; and I suspect many of the "experts" adopt a similar strategy.

I think the only way you lose your status when displaying your ignorance is by being arrogant, self-opinionated, and narrow-minded.

If you doubt the accuracy of the answer you are giving, you merely need to start with lines like:

    when I last tried this ...
    on my x.x.x system running under o/s yyy I found ...     I believe that ...
    A common answer to this problem is ...

Or any other phrase which suggest you are offering an answer in good faith but are perfectly prepared to be corrected.

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Brian Tkatch wrote in message <3c555c99.1752299063_at_news.alt.net>...


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>In fact, there must be a filtration of messages based on what the

>responder wants to answer. I fear that if I start talking like I know,

>and then I inadvertantly make it obvious that I don't, my erstwhile

>status will have been lost, and people would be less likely to respond

>to my questions. So, I feel it somewhat practical to keep quiet and

>let the "experts" do the talking.

>

>Does that make any sense?

>