On 1/3/09, "Rob Beatty" <beattyr2003 at cox.net> inquired: > > Arent there more important things to be upset over than if someone uses > proper punctuation and sentence structure in a quick email asking for > technical help? > > If he were at work and writing to someone else in an official capacity I > would say its not a good idea, but for the net like this, WHO CARES? And > those that do, why bother? Does it REALLY matter? He wasn't posting in all > caps or being otherwise highly obnoxious. Lastly he said he wasn't, but he > COULD have been posting from a cell phone... Because it is important to be clear and concise when dealing with technical issues, I care. It does matter if responders have to decipher what's being written. There's no communication unless the receiver gets the message, loudly and clearly-that's the sender's job.