Quote Originally Posted by romperstomper View Post
I agree with you about the file exchange questions completely. For the most part, the ones I've seen could have easily included the formula or code in the body of the message as well. And I don't happen to subscribe to the 'no attachments' camp - a lot of the type of questions I lean towards are much easier to help with if you have a sample file.
Yes, agreed. I fail to see how you can arrive at the conclusion that either extreme - no attachments or no message body - is the best solution.

Quote Originally Posted by romperstomper View Post
One of the forums I frequent had, relatively recently, a discussion amongst the most frequent contributors in which it was agreed that wherever possible the answers should be provided in the thread body as well as in any relevant attachment(s). Perhaps such an agreement would be beneficial here - not a rule, just a collective accord?
I really like this as a suggestion. I guess my only worry would be whether a "collective accord" to some would not be the very same "rule" to others which you are trying to avoid. Still, sounds like it's worth a shot.

Cheers