Jack Glendening wrote:

(Interestingly, I checked and found that the
correspondent had not taken the time/trouble to become a registered
user - yet he wanted me to take time/trouble on his behalf!)

Sorry, Doc. Wasn't my intention to put you out...
Does not registering make me a freeloader or something?
I honestly don't realize if there is a fee involved in using your
info.
Is there?

but he did receive an automated email
response suggesting that any question could be posted to the DrJack
Forum for someone to answer. He chose not to do that but instead
to post to the entire RAS community,

Yes, I admit that I did not following your instructions to the
letter--
let's give the man a "F" and a thousand lashes with a wet noodle...

the fact that I knew that the asker had not made any effort to find
the answer himself, even though it was readly available.

Not true, sir. I honestly tried but got lost in a maze of verbage and
multiple links. Guess that makes me either lazy or stupid (or both).

the "anyone who doesn't agree with me is an idiot" type of posting

As opposed to, in this case, "anyone who asks a question is an idiot"?

I did want to let you know why you shouldn't expect to see regular
postings from me.

T'ant pis pour nous!