Jim Felder wrote: > For the times that I haven't been able to get answer out of the > archive, and actually have plead for help, I've asked again and someone > has always answered me. This is important. People will be a lot more helpful if you demonstrate that you've made an effort to find the answer on your own. This focuses on how to ask questions on software-oriented mailing lists, but there's a lot of advice in it that relates to *any* mailing list: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 VW Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale '86 Volvo 240DL wagon |
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