William Hooper wrote: > > Joel E. Lieberman, Ph.D. said: > > > This email group is often quite hostile to new users. Some members feel > > compelled to repeat the mantra "You would get your answer if you > > had/would read the instructions".
> Asking questions *based on the documentation* to clarify things are more > likely to generate a response. If you just say "what port numbers does > VNC use?" I'm going to assume you have never looked at the documentation. > And if you ask a question I answered two days ago, I'm going to assume you > didn't read the documentation and didn't search the archives. ...and people with the answers to the questions *not* answered in the documentation will stop reading the list if it becomes full of questions which *are* answered in the FM. RTFM is a valid response in many cases. For one thing, it encourages others to do so before they ask a question, which is a Good Thing. I think I got upset the first couple of times I got that response. Then I grew a thicker skin and eventually realised *why* I got that response. -- Illtud Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Uwch Ddadansoddwr Systemau Senior Systems Analyst Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC - Speaking personally, not for NLW _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
