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REMINDER: Include as much detail as you have on problem reports (was eftps.gov)



Aside from the fact that it helps unrelated people aid you in diagnosing
the problem, there's another, more practical reason to do it:

When you do, problems you're having will sometimes "magically" disappear,
because someone who a) is in a position to fix it, but b) is not in a position
to *talk about it* will see the report, do a facepalm, and twist the proper
knob to make it go away.

While this isn't as optimal in the global sense as a full dialogue on the
problem would be, it's a helluva lot better than "it still doesn't work,
a week later".  And the shorter the thread, the higher the odds this might
happen.  "One posting" is optimal. :-)

Just a thought.

Cheers,
-- jr 'Happy Chriskwanzukkah, and a Cool Yule' a
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