William Yang wrote:
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1) If you're really worried about getting banned, do your homework and
read about Netiquette (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette).
People who really follow netiquette are seldom "banned" from lists.
So I would like to know if there is a Moderator here.
Yours,
Jason
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2) Lurk before you leap. If you want to learn, there's an established
and generally accepted way to learn from mailing lists. Before you
post, read the list for a while. Get a feel for the level of the list,
for the style, information, and tone of discussion.
3) Remember that you're not *entitled* to get information,
explanations, participation, or responses when you ask questions. It is
a privilege, and you are asking others for help. Being polite,
deferential, and following the culture of the list (see 2 above) puts
you on the best possible position to get a useful answer without
annoying "hundreds, if not thousands" of readers of the list.
4) As a specific observation, your security questions to date have been
(a) not Gentoo-specific, and (b) extremely basic in nature. There are
probably better sources for general security information than the Gentoo
security mailing list (the book "Computer Security Basics" from O'Reilly
& Associates press is often a nice place to start; some general
understanding can also be built from articles at www.cert.org (there are
dozens of good sites out there for basic security education). It's hard
to build something solid on a shaky foundation.
-Bill
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