> I understand Michael's frustration at having to answer the same questions
> 500 times.
> Maybe a big bold link on the Debian home page that says "Have a question?
> Look here
> first" which takes the user directly to the search input box on the mail
> archive
> search engine?
How about a .signature which points to a page which gives newbie info
including;
how to unsubscribe,
guidelines/etiquette for posting,
what to do before posting,
answers to other questions people are tired of hearing,
how to use the archives' search engine.
This could be similar to the old "mail -s unsubscribe..." sig that
used to appear at the bottom of mail from debian-user, but more
intelligable to a newbie since "mail -s unsubscribe..." assumed
knowledge of the command-line mail utility, and that the newbie
was on a *nix system, whereas many newbies are still sending mail
from their winbox or MAC while setting up their Debian systems.
--D
P.S. If Michael is frustrated in repeating his answers, he is certainly
free to ignore any post (and, perhaps let someone else take a shot at
it). This is better (IMO) than berating someone who is trying to
learn something.
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