From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9226 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joel Reicher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: nntp read: 14535k Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:43:22 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services Message-ID: References: <1181820543.264081.275820@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <87myz2sqna.fsf@azurservers.com> <1181822679.661171.214770@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <87wsy67g5c.fsf@azurservers.com> <1181851295.350685.294450@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <87vedhv4wd.fsf@aikishugyo.dnsdojo.org> <87tzt0ugv6.fsf@ixod.org> <1182563910.937406.73970@g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182609629 1220 80.91.229.12 (23 Jun 2007 14:40:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:40:29 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 23 16:40:28 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I26mn-000216-Q0 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:40:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I26mn-0004Qc-7Y for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:40:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!elk.ncren.net!NNTP.WPI.EDU!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.9.138.184 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1182606202 61.9.138.184 (Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:43:22 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:43:22 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79409 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9226 Archived-At: thesak writes: > On Jun 22, 11:51 am, m...@ixod.org (Mark T.B. Carroll) wrote: > > Gernot Hassenpflug writes: > > > 4. Search for Eric Raymond's article on how to ask smart questions. > > > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > How To Answer Questions in a Helpful Way > > Be gentle. Problem-related stress can make people seem rude or stupid > even when they're not. I've seen very few ungentle answers to you. > Reply to a first offender off-line. There is no need of public > humiliation for someone who may have made an honest mistake. A real > newbie may not know how to search archives or where the FAQ is stored > or posted. You are not a newbie and certainly not a first offender. The vast majority of people are answering you in good faith, and as far as I can tell you are simply ignoring the best answers. - Joel