Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/02/22/18:41:59
I think the best way to keep overly-eager newbies out of the mailing
lists is (1) by having a newsgroup for newbies and (2) making it clear
that newbie questions are not appropriately intermingled with messaging
that is involved with matters of system maintenance and development.
OTOH, linux-activists GEN is a good example of what happens when the
corresponding .help newsgroup is allowed to languish, however: the
channel gets flooded with messages that should have been posted in
comp.os.linux.help!
Not either-or, but both-and.
Bill
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