Hello:
               I know we've been asked to send our messages regarding
          job postings to Melinda, so please forgive me if I add my
          thoughts.  I personally have no issues with job postings,
          and I'm not afraid of headhunters.  I also know that
          scanning or deleting messages is not all that time
          consuming.  My problem is that I am on the road for my job a
          great deal of the time, and the volume of technet mail is
          getting unbearable in terms of phone line time.  I just got
          back from a business trip to Bermuda, for example, and
          although the islands are pretty, there is no such thing as
          an "800" number.  I had to call direct from my hotel room,
          and the charge to pick up 103 e:mail messages (91 of them
          from technet) was $105!  This is an extreme case, and
          needless to say I waited 'til tonight upon getting home to
          get any other e:mail messages, but I personally have no
          interest in job postings.  I realize their significance to
          some of us, especially after reading my good friend Tom
          Bresnan's response.  This is why I think it's a great idea
          to set up a "Jobsnet" for those of us who would get some
          benefit from such postings.  This avenue gives us the best
          of both worlds and should keep everyone happy.
               While we are on the subject of "technet"-iquette, I'd
          like to ask everyone another favor.  If possible, can you
          crop your reply from the other posts on the same subject so
          that we don't have to plod through redundant messages?
          Perhaps some of you cannot do this, but it sure would save
          alot of download time.  Also, I think that sometimes
          (especially when folks request this) we could reply directly
          to the original postor, especially with things like phone
          numbers and addresses that are requested, or "thank you"s.
               Technet is great, most posts are fantastic (especially
          when we characterize the subject), but I need your help in
          cutting down on phone line time.  We've come a long way -
          people no longer post the same message to multiple IPC nets,
          we've trashed the "PCB Gadfly", and most of us have learned
          to subscribe and unsubscribe.  Hey IPC, perhaps in the
          standard subscribe/unsubscribe message at the bottom of our
          posts, you could also list an address/phone number when we
          get bounced messages, and also to eliminate the "just a
          test" and the "I'm not getting any technet messages lately"
          stuff.
               Like I said, my concern is download time on the phone,
          not job posting content.  These are just some thoughts to
          ease the burden of lengthy downloads.  Thanks very much!
          Regards,
          Tom Coyle
          Field Services Engineer
          HADCO Corporation
          P.S.: I have a 28.8 modem, but the central modem is still at
          2400 because some of my coworkers are still at this rate.

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