There was talk some time ago for a FAQ for this group. It was a good
idea but seemed to have faded. I would like to see one similar to what
some newsgroups use and maybe have it posted automatically to the list
every two weeks or so. Those who know what it is could ignore it from
the subject heading and others could read it. If we did a good job we
might be able to get the fine people at Mandrake to include it on their
website along with the stuff about joining this mail list.
It could cover netiquette as it applies to this list plus also have a
list of websites with solutions and information about some of the more
common problems that keep repeating themselves over and over on here,
i.e. Why won't my Winmodem work?, Why do I get the partition was not
unmounted cleanly (needs kernel/script upgrade), etc. Oh, and how to get
off the list. :-)
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 7:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] (OT) -- About HTML
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>
> I think it would be useful if the information on decorum for this list
were placed in the
> majordomo welcome, along with a short tutorial on how to turn off HTML
for those who don't
> realize it. I know how to do it for Netscape, but I am among the
unwashed masses who have
> NEVER used Microsoft Outlook.
>
Based on the number of "remove" requests posted to the list, the
actual number of people who actually *READ* the welcome message is
probably quite small. Thus, the chances of the "Nettiquette" tutorial
having any effect is negligible. However, if it saved us ONE post in
HTML, I suppose it'd be worth it, and it wouldn't be that much
trouble, as it would automatically go out with the 'welcome'
message... just create that "nettiquette" tutorial once and it would
go out automatically from there. :-)
John
