On Friday 02 November 2001 09:28 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am attempting to get into Linux/Debian in a big way. I have decided >that M$ WinXP is the last straw for my personal computing.
Yep -- me too. Exact same reason. > (a) It seems that much of www.debian.org is not responding, so I have > been using one of the [nation].debian.org sites. > But these do not seem to have access to the bugs. I'm having trouble connecting as well. Must be a temporary problem as www.debian.org is usually very realiable. > (b) I cannot seem to find the FAQ for the various mailing lists, to make > sure my questions have not been asked 1K times. Where are they located? > The archive and search both seem fairly good. Try lists.debian.org. There are searchable archives there, good for checking to see if your question has been asked 1K times. :) > (c) I am looking for the debian newbie or new user mailing list. Does one > not exist? Not that I'm aware of -- I remember some discussion on this topic a while back, though I don't remember the context. You might check the list archives. > (e) Anyway to automatically have the subject line identify the mailing > list. A few of my other mailing lists have that, example > Subject: [debian-user]: a big problem !!! > Subject: Re: [debian-user]: a big problem !!! > Subject: Re:[debian-user]: a big problem !!! > ** ick, I dislike when mail clients don't include the space after Re: Not sure what you're asking for here. This list (debian-user) already identifies itself in the subject line as you can see above. You just have to create a filter in your MUA based on [debian-user]. You can also filter on the list address, [EMAIL PROTECTED]