On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 08:24, Gene Barker wrote:
> I am a new linux user, about a month. I need your help, speaking to
> the “newbie” group.
>
> I joined this group in hopes of learning more of linux and solutions
> to problems I may have. I have been inundated with emails from our
> group, most of them not very useful. May I request 2 things.
>
> 1. Limit or eliminate political or philosophical discussions from
> this channel. Let’s use it as a tool to learn of linux.
> 2. The answers to legitimate questions are sometimes cryptic and
> hard for me to follow. A little more information or a way to
> follow the conversation would be helpful to me. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> Cordially,
> Gene Barker
Gene, welcome.
One thing you might want to do is to turn on "message threading" in
your email client (if you can) - it helps to discern between what is a
random message and what is a "conversation" - or threaded discussion.
Anyways, what can we do for you?
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