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On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:56:08 +0000, John graced us with these
comments:
JR> I have to disagree - I am a long term subscriber to this list but
JR> am just a simple home user looking for the occasional tip to make
JR> my life easier. I do find them here but I have to wade through a
JR> huge amount of stuff which is often almost bizarrely obscure or
JR> gone into in a depth way beyond that which I need. I've often had
JR> to search through the archive to understand the answer, let alone
JR> the questions!
Aaah! It's to users like yourself, that splitting the list is
dedicated. :=)
JR> There are also a few regular posters who occasionally seem to adopt a
JR> 'this is my club' attitude to the group. This seems to lead to the
JR> slapping down of simple newbie questions as being of the 'seen it,
JR> done it, got the t-shirt, now go away and leave this group for the big
JR> boys' category. This makes posting of queries about basic functions
JR> quite intimidating. I can imagine just how newbies (a derogative term
JR> in itself, to set aside 'them' from 'us') feel when they see the list
JR> articles for the first time.
This used to happen more often in the past but I have to admit that
it's much less common now.
JR> The problem with (any) Help file is that in searching it, you need
JR> to know the basics in the first place. Here's something from the
JR> current one in looking up message filters:
«...snip...»
JR> Of course, silly me.
:=) Not at all.
JR> No doubt it is bread and butter to many of you but this kind of
JR> thing is rather difficult when you're doing it just once to set
JR> the program up rather than administering a system where it is a
JR> routine day in, day out task.
I had a hard time with regex's. I had to buy a book and sit for hours
at a time with it. I know regex's to a level that is useful to me.
Januk is way ahead of me these days and his proficiency thrills the
hell out of me, because I very much know how much he put into becoming
so good at it. <vbg>
But I do agree that if you rarely have the need for regex's, then it
doesn't make sense learning it. It's like a spoken language. You will
not get good at it unless you use it. We're all too willing to assist
with any problem that may involve using regex's ... if we can. :=)
JR> I just set up all my filters from guesswork until they worked ok.
:=/ That shouldn't be. Please ask anything that you're uncertain with.
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