-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, January 17, 2003, Mary Bull wrote...
P>> for a couple of weeks I have been observing a tendency on this P>> list to discuss topics that don't fall in the range of TB! P>> beginners. Interesting as they may be, wouldn't it be better to P>> use TBTECH or TBOT? > Or else, define the abbreviations, remembering that they are not > communicating just with peers and friends, but with the entire > list--broad in range of background and in range of native languages. You're right. Take a look at what TBUDL expands to. TheBat User Discussion List. It isn't only for beginners, otherwise before long, the nice list people would have several lists just for the discussion of TheBat, such as completely new users, novice, getting there, know the basics... so on and so on. I gave stupid examples as a point. TB Tech on the other hand was setup to split what really is the technical side of TheBat such as macro creation [1], and complex regexp [2] off of the main list so as not to confuse the hell out of somebody that only wants to find out how to make TheBat filter on a To address. P>> I only mention this because I recommended TBUDL to several P>> friends, and some of them feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of P>> messages they receive. Furthermore they don't understand what it's P>> all about. (SSL, IMAP and such.) > For instance, lately, in the fascinating argument about new features > for The Bat!, here's one old lady who doesn't know what FTP is, and > is too shy to break into the thread and ask. If you want to know, just ask on TBOT, or offlist, I'll be more than happy to explain... as I am sure will anybody else with the knowledge. P>> I'd like TBUDL to remain a forum for The Bat! beginners. Have you P>> all forgotten the times when you were first amazed at The Bat!? P>> (And had a lot of questions?) ;-) Yes, TBUDL probably is targeted at mainly beginners, with some more technical stuff in there too, such as the basic templating... but it is a user discussion list, which means it is bound to step slightly past the bounds of complete beginner, and as with *any* list, slightly off-topic from time to time. You'll often find somebody posts a suggestion for TB! to find out if anybody else would find it useful as well... and often a discussion will ensue, at which point somebody will probably suggest posting it to the wishlist on RitLabs site. - -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQA/AwUBPiiGZyuD6BT4/R9zEQLRiwCfZthOrMQQZunF41ps4qZ5ZI1DFcAAni+w DAQmxdcpfuOGzCPNW0eUaHsq =O4bW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
