Why does everyone set it so no one can e-mail them?

i agree with the guy. there are a lot of good questions that get blown out by bad or stupid answers. theres also alot of people that half ask questions (not enough info)thats where you can hope they read your question regarding their question and hope they update thier inquire, or, if your a level 2 or higher you can vote it as a good or bad question as well as voting on answers. i myself would like nothing but best answers and all the points to go with them. but i'm not going to attempt an answer on an area that i'm not sure of. i'll leave that to someone more qaulified after all is that not the reason for yahoo questions and answers. so the informed can inform them/ those that are inquisitive and energetic enough to want to DYI.as far as blockin email, theres alot of silly stupid people out there on the www. that all they need to know about me personally is my screen name thats why they make spam blockers and you have the choice of opening or deleting the ones that make it through. i figure if i dont recognize the screen name associated with the email it gets reported as spam and deleted

Didn't I see this exact same question from a couple of days ago? It is an excellent question, though, so even if it is a duplication, it is definately worth repeating.

I do not want to converse via e-mail because this is a public self-help forum. We all want to see the answers so we all can benefit from them. When the conversation is via e-mail, the rest of us loose the knowlege that is given. It is also important for us to see the questions that you are asking the original poster. That way, people who post will know what kind of things to put into their post.

I understand that you want to keep your "best answer" percentage up, but wouldn't it be a better service to the people if you posted the significant questions that the original person needs to answer.

Also, the problem of SPAM is an epidemic. On one of my addresses, I get at least 50 SPAM messages a day. On another, I typically get 10 a day that are exact duplicates, only the name and subject are different. The senders do not offer an opt-out address to shut off the flow of junk. Also, many opt-out addresses do not work. Some even guarantee more SPAM.

If the filter did not catch them, that address would be literally unusable because it takes too long to weed out the junk.

It is great that you are trying to help others, good for you. I do volunteer work at a local non-profit. That is more rewarding than any amount of money. It feels good to help others with no expectation of payment.

I've run into this before also. What you can do is when you answer the person, tell them to go back and edit/add more info to the question. They can do that at any time. So if there is something specific that you need to know to come up with a solution/answer to their particular problem, let them know what you need to know. Some people will add the required info, some will not. I guess it depends on how bad they want a good answer. Just keep at it, there are PLENTY of people who need help in the DIY area on here!

I wonder how many people actually read through your entire commentary. Wow. Have you thought about finding a hobby or something? Or maybe taking a class on getting to the point?

Not everybody feels the same way.Some people just want privacy.It's nice that u like helping people out.

Some here may feel that THIS is as public as they want to be.

Steven Wolf

AFRAID OF THE AXE MURDERER!