From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24169 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 2002 19:41:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 24126 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2002 19:41:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bellana) (213.58.34.213) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 22 Jul 2002 19:41:05 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.231] (port=2049 helo=toos) by bellana with esmtp (Exim 4.04) id GZO0NQ-00010W-00 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:26:14 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (port=1978 helo=toos) by toos with esmtp (Exim 4.04) id GZO0SJ-0000XC-00 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:29:07 +0000 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:08:00 -0000 From: Raphael cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: FYI: HTML targets in "Smart Questions" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2002-07/txt/msg01764.txt.bz2 On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Jim Balcom wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Dario Alcocer wrote: > > DA>>The idea is not split the list, but for initial posters (from what > DA>>I've seen on this list, most first-time posters qualify as newbies) > DA>>to get a quick lesson in posting meaningful questions *before* they > DA>>get to post (only for the first post.) That's why I suggested the > DA>>poster, before they're allowed to post for the first time, get an > DA>>e-mail asking them (in a cordial tone, obviously) that they *please* > DA>>read the ESR essay *first*[1]. > > I find your assumption that all first time posters are newbies and need to > be trained offensive. > > The fact that newbies questions get ignored is upsetting. > > Nicholas W?'s attitude is horrible! > > I've learned that this is not a package that I need to waste any more time > on. I've heard that it is great. But, like OS/2, it won't install and no > help is available for simple problems. > Thats a bit short tempered, I'm not a real newbee and I know how to find most answers, but I agree there's some fear to ask a question but no reason to dump cygwin, it's great and there is help. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/