Stephane Bailliez wrote: > I just had the same problem a couple of hours ago. Someone asked how to > retrieve the servlet parameters from web.xml, I replied with the link to the > servlet api..then I got a private email "please help, could you give the > name of class that does it". Like what he did not even read the docs
Personally, if its an email I don't want to answer, I either ignore it or refer them to the user list. "The best place to post a question like this is ..., where there are more people to help you." If I do feel like replying, I usually reply to the list instead, so it ends up on the archive. If a user posts a USER list question to DEV, I often do both. "The best place to post a question like this is the USER list, but " Just so I don't have to deal with it again later. If it's a question to the Jakarta webmaster box, I refer them to the USER list for the product, and include a link to Jon's very excellent "Jakarta Mailing Lists for Dummies" page. (I really need to put one of these in front of the Webmaster link sometime.) Most often, it's not what you say, but what you don't say. Usually, it's just a matter of leaving out the trailing ", idiot" clause. This saves everyone energy all around. The most important thing to remember is that we are all volunteers here, and we are not alone. If you don't want to do something, don't do it. Someone else will step in ... that's what meritocracy is all about. The more you do, the more you are expected to do. The corollary is, the less you do, the more someone else will do instead. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Custom Software ~ Technical Services. -- Tel +1 716 737-3463 -- http://www.husted.com/struts/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
