Re: [boost] Should we PING the ML when there is no answer at all to a post?

Subject: Re: [boost] Should we PING the ML when there is no answer at all to a post?
From: JOAQUIN M. LOPEZ MUÑOZ (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-21 14:05:02

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De: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] En nombre de vicente.botet [vicente.botet_at_[hidden]]
Enviado el: miércoles, 21 de enero de 2009 19:55
Para: boost_at_[hidden]
Asunto: [boost] Should we PING the ML when there is no answer at all to a post?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> sometimes the posts are not answered at all, either because there is no interest,
> or because the post is lost between the others.
> 
> I would like to know if it is a good idea to PING the ML when there is no answer at
> all to a post.

I've done it several times in the past and got no reprimand from
the moderators, so I guess it's OK to do it with some restraint.

> If yes, how and when this PING must be done?

Repost the entire mail and add a [repost] prefix to the subject line.

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo