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Tom Brough wrote: > I know that a lot of people on this group will be appalled that I am > going to suggest this, and I have mixed feelings about it myself, but I > would suggest that we have a questions & answers ONLY email address that > people can subscribe to separately... > I'm sure there are many gems of GNU/Linux wisdom to be found in this > lists archive, but again sniffing them out from the archive takes time, > a more concentrated Q&A mail group might at least speed up the filtering > process. It might well, but why would such a group need to be local? For the general discussion and community building like we have here, it makes sense to have a local/regional list. But if someone just wants simple answers from seasoned users, then why would they need the list to be local? Actually, I'll answer my own question (just in case anyone else thought the same thing and didn't come up with an answer!). Because they may need to ask for someone to come and help out in person. However, I would be against members being a part of this list and NOT part of the q&a list, in case it ends up being neglected or becomes the preserve of just a few dedicated souls who end up having to always be the ones providing answers. After all, think of the pride when you see a question you can answer for the first time and you post a helpful reply and get a thank you! Besides, we all develop different areas of expertise depending on our interests and main uses of our PCs, so a few people might not be able to answer all questions as well as a collective. That's my view anyway... Anton Channing -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html