[EMAIL PROTECTED] has been our main forum for discussions on the JSP technology. That means the list has people with widely different levels of experience. Not just different expertise in the JSP technology, but also different expertise in the Java platform as a whole, and, possibly even different experience interacting with a mailing list community. Within this reality, there are some things that can be done to improve everybodies' experience, but I think the first step is for everybody to have patience and understanding with each other, and I would ask everybody to please help with this. Some other concrete steps that can be useful: * Consider browsing the FAQ lists. There are periodic annoucements of the FAQ lists, for example http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0102&L=jsp-interest&O=A&P=73 (and, yes, I know this should be a JSP page, we are working on this... :-]). * Remember there are over 5K people in this mailing list. This is the most succesful list at java.sun.com. It keeps growing except when there is a flare, when it goes down temporarily; actually I can tell when there is a mail flare just by looking at the number of subscribers. * Consider checking the web archives before posting what may be a common question. THe archives are at http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jsp-interest.html * It is possible to receive postings in digest form. TO do this, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". THis makes is easier to go through all the postings. It does make it harder to follow-up on threads, though. I use the digest, it is the only way I can cope with my mail input. * It is possible to post directly through the web interface at http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jsp-interest.html Other possibilities: * If you just want to know about weblayer related announcements, please subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] As usual, to subscribe send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "subscribe WEBJAVA-ANNOUNCE lastname firstname" * There is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. This list has had essentially zero volume so far and a small distribution list (~250). I created it a while ago as a place-holder for more advanced discussion focused on architectural issues and on the interrelation between the different web-related technologies. If you have an issue that fits that description, please feel free to start the conversation there. The same rules of civility apply there, but it will be easier to point introductory questions to jsp-interest. I just checked and it looks that the web archive for webjava-advanced is not yet working, but I've place a request to fix that. As usual, to subscribe send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "subscribe WEBJAVA-ADVANCED lastname firstname" * There is a JDC (java developer connection) web forum at http://forum.java.sun.com/list/discuss.sun.javaserver.pages Ideally the JDC forums should be one and the same as the mailing lists. We are currently reviewing the different developer support activities, and I hope this will get fixed soon, but I can't promise it, since I am not directly responsible for this. Finally, one idea to consider: We could have the notion of assigned facilitators/helpers in the mailing list. "Duke helpers" or something like that. Different people have done that in the past informally, but perhaps we could formalize the concept, and assign it some sort of public recognition (sorry no money). What do you think of this? Thanks for your help in keeping this forum useful to as many people as possible. - eduard/o [eduardo pelegri-llopart, web layer architect for Java Platform] =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
