Fwd: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-19 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
2005/9/18, linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > is it just me or is this mailing list useless? > i posted my question ages ago and have recieved nothing but heaps of > responses to other questions that i don't understand > are mailing lists meant to work like this? how do i get better results > out of this

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-19 Thread Fritz Brown
Mailing lists are an inefficient way to get an answer to a single question because you will get loads (I'm on 1,000 since I signed on here) of responses to things that don't even remotely relate to your question. However, it is also a GREAT way to really get into a subject. And, to get a good

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 18 September 2005 09:21 pm, linux wrote: > is it just me or is this mailing list useless? It's you. > i posted my question ages ago and have recieved nothing but heaps of > responses to other questions that i don't understand are mailing lists meant > to work like this? Yes. There is

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-19 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 02:21:16PM +1000, linux wrote: > is it just me or is this mailing list useless? i posted my question > ages ago and have recieved nothing but heaps of responses to other > questions that i don't understand are mailing lists meant to work like > this? how do i get better res

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-19 Thread Jochen Schulz
linux: > > is it just me or is this mailing list useless? It's probably not just you, but for the majority of subscribers it is not useless. :) > i posted my question ages ago and have recieved nothing but heaps of > responses to other questions that i don't understand > are mailing lists meant

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-18 Thread Robert Kopp
--- linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is it just me or is this mailing list useless? > i posted my question ages ago and have recieved > nothing but heaps of > responses to other questions that i don't understand > are mailing lists meant to work like this? how do i > get better results > out

how to use mailing lists

2005-09-18 Thread linux
is it just me or is this mailing list useless? i posted my question ages ago and have recieved nothing but heaps of responses to other questions that i don't understand are mailing lists meant to work like this? how do i get better results out of this mailing list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to