From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson) Subject: *** READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** Date: 21 Mar 1993 07:23:02 GMT
To get people to read your post and answer your question:
- Please do NOT post questions answered in the FAQ lists.
- Please do NOT post "Please send me the FAQ". See below.
- Please do NOT post "Split this group now". See below.
- Please READ the DOCUMENTATION for the program you have a problem with.
- Please be INFORMATIVE, both in SUBJECT line and BODY. See below.
- Please TRY REINSTALLING it, and ASK SOMEONE LOCAL to you first.
- Please ONLY LINUX-SPECIFIC POSTS - Groups for Unix, X, C, etc. listed below.
For more information READ ON ...
To get the Frequently Asked Questions with Answers lists:
The How to get the FAQ posting, the Linux FAQ, the INFO-SHEET, the META-FAQ
sources of information posting, etc. are posted regularly to comp.os.linux and
c.o.l.announce, and can be found in /pub/usenet/news.answers/linux-faq at
pit-manager.mit.edu and on the Linux archive sites. If you can't get them
there, try mailing "mailserver@nic.funet.fi", "mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu"
or "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com". If you can't get them any other way, e-mail me.
Splitting the group: It's been tried, and all the new groups except .announce
failed. It can't be tried again within 6 months. See news.announce.newgroups.
With threaded newsreaders now in widespread use using a good, specific, polite
subject line will get you many more readers. Most people will ignore posts with
subjects like "Linux", "Help", "SLS", etc. Don't shout to get attention.
Put as much information in your post as possible - preferably a brief summary
followed by session transcripts, etc. as appropriate. Include the precise text
of any error messages printed, etc., and appropriate info about your setup.
Linux is a Unix clone running on PCs; X has its own groups. Your
question is quite likely more appropriate in one of the following groups:
Unix: comp.unix.questions, .admin, .programmer, .shell etc.
X: comp.windows.x, comp.windows.x.i386unix (for XFree86 etc)
GNU: gnu.emacs.help, comp.emacs, gnu.gcc.help, gnu.* generally
PCs: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
C: comp.lang.c