Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:31:07AM -0400, deb wrote: > For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux > does anyone have: > > Preferred other email lists, for new users? Honestly I don't recommend mailing lists for technical support. Especially this one where moderation is

Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 3/22/19, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Why not direct them here, just perhaps set up their e-mail client so > that all e-mails are sent to a folder, that way the main inbox doesn't > get full of e-mail from here, as there can be quite a lot at times. > Maybe teach them how to watch specific

Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-22, Jim Popovitch wrote: >> >> Like that ^ > > I have no way to know what ^ is pointing to from your perspective. > >> It's pointing at Paul from my perspective.

Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:46 -0400, deb wrote: > On 3/22/19 1:36 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:14 -0400, deb wrote: > > > I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff > > > and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding" > >

Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 1:36 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote: On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:14 -0400, deb wrote: I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding" lists. The last thing I want to do is have new users

Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:14 -0400, deb wrote: > > I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff > and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding" > lists. > > > The last thing I want to do is have new users rebuffed in the spot I > send them

(Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 12:39 PM, Paul Sutton wrote: On 22/03/2019 15:31, deb wrote: Hello folks: For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux does anyone have: Preferred other email lists, for new users? Perhaps more basic than this one? There are forums, but the emails are a good

Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread Paul Sutton
On 22/03/2019 15:31, deb wrote: > Hello folks: > > > For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux > does anyone have: > > > Preferred other email lists, for new users? > > Perhaps more basic than this one? > > There are forums, but the emails are a good way to work too. > > >

Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux does anyone have: Preferred other email lists, for new users? Perhaps more basic than this one? There are forums, but the emails are a good way to work too. Thanks!