Re: nntp read: 14535k

[Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com>]

Gernot Hassenpflug <gernot@yahoo.com> writes:

> thesak <don.saklad@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What does it mean?... (setq gnus-nov-is-evil nil)
>
> I'll jump in since I still have some patience left.
>
> 0. Before anything else, don't top-post. I don't care if you know why
>    or not, but if you don't know you should read about it by searching
>    the web a little. Obviously you have no idea was discussion groups
>    on Usenet are or how to use them.
>
> 1. Find an online computer jargon dictionary and read about "The
>    September that never ended".
>
> 2. Go to the Help menu in Emacs and find the tutorial entry. Then do
>    the tutorial, every bit of it. Should take a few days and leave you
>    much enlightened.
>
> 3. Then, go to the info (C-h i) and find the gnus entry in the
>    menu. Start at page one, and continue reading until you have
>    absorbed the sections on how to start gnus, how to set it up, how
>    to obtain news, various backends and the variables that control
>    them, and how to manage news and mail groups.
>
> 4. Search for Eric Raymond's article on how to ask smart questions.

You might want to refer to a how to on being a little more accommodating
and polite in your own replies.

Telling someone to read and retain the entire Gnus manual pretty much
removes the need for this and similar groups.