On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 22:55, Brendan Greer wrote: > Jim Cheetham wrote: > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 21:38, Brendan Greer wrote: > >> > >>> Is there a FAQ for this mailing list some where? > >> > >> no > > > > > > That's very literal, Nick :-) > > > > No, there isn't a FAQ. However, there is a very good archive, which > > Google searches occasionaly. > > > > See http://christchurch.lug.net.nz/ which will point you towards > > http://lists.ethernal.org/ for the archive interface. It appears that > > the search interface is currently broken, but you can ask google to > > return results from only a single domain, with queries like :- > > > > "rute site:lists.ethernal.org" > > > > -jim > > > > > > > Thanks > > The questions I had more in mind were questions like > > Whats wrong with following up on own posts? (I do this the odd time)
nothing really. actually if you find a solution yourself you indeed should report it back to the list for the benefit of others. > > > Sory to follow up on my own post... very bad form I know. I've just > > run up2date on my Fedora 1 machine, and it's found a load of kde > > updates. Maybe there are similar available for you on Mandrake?? Every > > little helps! > > > Some of these are topics I have seen brought up by other people and > would just like them to be clarified > > I want to check this mailing list and post from work do I have to > resubscribe with my work email address? You can definitely do that. Some lists also have a "post only" sub, so that you can post from lots of addresses, but only receive messages to your main address. I am not sure if our list allows that. Zane? > Should I send emails as HTML or text format? never html unless you want to be flamed. email is a text medium and html mail is an abomination. > Binarys (should I post a screen shot if it makes it easier for others to > see my problem?) not really, unless it is rather small. put it on a website (most isp's offer space for nothing) and post a link. or learn to express yourself better in words (not always viable and a picture is worth a thousand...blah blah) (at one time i would have said no way, and personally that is still my view, but the feeling of the list recently seemed to be that a small attached screenshot was acceptable) > I am a student at another education provider (not canterbury uni) am I > still welcome :-) will you hold that against me? :-) > i saw someone post with a .uy address the other day (Uruguay?) Damned if I know what he wants with us, but all are welcome :-) > Any other advice you want to give me? > read eric raymond's diatribe on how to ask sensible questions http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html (On the other hand don't take it too much to heart - you may not need to go to the lengths esr suggests, he is a zealot after all. At least show that you have made an effort, and what you have tried to find out for yourself, and what the error messages say!) The guy does have a sense of humour, I love this example of what not to ask, and the likely answer: "Q:My program doesn't work. I think system facility X is broken. "A:While it is possible that you are the first person to notice an obvious deficiency in system calls and libraries heavily used by hundreds or thousands of people, it is rather more likely that you are utterly clueless." > Thanks > > Brendan Greer
