From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson) Subject: *** READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (1.11) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1993 06:23:01 GMT
To get people to read your post and answer your question:
- Read "Linux Documents Explained for Newbies" - posted weekly (see below).
- Please discuss splitting comp.os.linux in news.groups, not here.
- Please do not post questions answered in the FAQ lists.
- Please do not post "Please send me the FAQ". See below.
- Be informative, both in subject line and body. See below.
- Try asking linux-support@sunsite.unc.edu instead.
- No posts about XFree86 - Linux-specific articles only please. See below.
- Please read the documentation for the program you have a problem with.
- Please check the FTP sites before asking "has anyone compiled ... ?"
For more information read on ...
** Linux Documents Explained for Newbies ** is posted weekly by Jay
MacDonald. If you can't find it email me or Jay <jay-m@equinox.unr.edu>.
It will tell you about the Linux FAQ, the INFO-SHEET, the META-FAQ, etc. These
are posted regularly to comp.os.linux and c.o.l.announce, and can be found in
/pub/usenet/news.answers/linux-faq at rtfm.mit.edu and on the Linux archive
sites. If you can't get them there, try mailing "mailserver@nic.funet.fi",
"mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" or "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com". If you can't get them
any other way, e-mail me.
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. One of the
following groups is is quite likely to be more appropriate for your question:
X: comp.windows.x.i386unix (ALL XFree86-related traffic here please)
Unix: comp.unix.questions, .admin, .programmer, .shell etc.
GNU: gnu.emacs.help, comp.emacs, gnu.gcc.help, gnu.* generally
PCs: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
C: comp.lang.c