Speaking as one who has stomped a few toes on rare occasion: Don't sweat it. The "gurus" on any email forum get that way by speaking out _on the forum_ and defending their answers. A lot of people will use your information without returning a thanks if you email them directly, but if you respond on the forum you may start a discussion about your answer that may lead to other items. Or nobody may answer. That's part of an online world, some people won't be polite and acknowledge you, some will. Sometimes you feel you are talking to a brick wall... And I disagree with you, us designers are at the bottom of the pole, that's why we work in the dark :) -- George Patrick Tektronix, Inc. Central Engineering, Engineering Design Services P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 Phone: 503-627-5272 Fax: 503-627-5587 http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com It's my opinion, not Tektronix' -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Hodge Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 14:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] <List>Re: [TN] New Old Topic Let"s face it Valerie; fabricators are at or near the bottom of the food chain. I have bitten the proverbial lip on this subject as long as I can. I emailed several people privately, before I signed up, about fabrication related questions. I sent at least 20 with answers which I believed to be accurate. I received one response back. I continued to read the technet forums and, when I saw something asked which I thought I could answer, I would e-mail the individual with an answer. I thought if I signed up for Technet I would at least get responses and opinions about my answers. Well, that was my first mistake. I should have kept on the sidelines and not have offered any input in a general forum. I learned one valuable lesson: A newbie should never offer an opinion differing from the tenured professionals on any forum. The good ole boys have all the right answers anyway. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------