From: Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to determine if to reply by CC as well
Date: 19 Aug 2014 14:25:30 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnlv6niq.1j9.varro@anukis.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ha19s27e.fsf@debian.uxu
Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:
>
>> It is posted on the web page.
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
>>
>> Support
>>
>> To ask for help with GNU Emacs, use the mailing list
>> help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org or the newsgroup gnu.emacs.help.
>> The mailing list and newsgroup are linked: messages
>> posted on one appear on the other as well.
>
> OK! I see, there is also this page with more details:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
>
> This problem doesn't seem to be mentioned, though.
>
> Now, this is a delicate situation - by mentioning it,
> maybe *more* people will start posting without joining?
You seem to think that not using the mailing list is undesirable - I
disagree.
> But, in the spirit of the FSF, perhaps it should be all
> spelled out? Like,
>
> "We recommend you to either use the newsgroup, or to
> join the mailing list. However, you can also get help
> simply by sending questions to help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
> If you choose to do that, we ask you to mention that
> you are not on the list. That way, we can send replies
> to your mail as well as to the members of the list."
>
> Excursion: Why do people don't want to join? Probably
> because they think their inboxes will be flooded with
> stuff they (as beginners) won't understand. I use Gnus
> so I don't know, but even for gmail and such, aren't
> there ways to split the mail logically into folders,
> where 1000 mails are just a non-disturbing one-liner
> "help-gnu-emacs(1000)"? Perhaps a link to a guide that
> helps you do it for the more common (non-hacker)
> clients and web-solutions would help.
I am one of those who prefer to follow the newsgroup, and not sign up
for a mailing list. Yes, I don't want my mailbox to fill up with a
lot a mail that I'll have do deal with (if only to delete it), and as
I have more that 30 years experience as a professional programmer, I
hardly think I classify as a "beginner". NNTP is much easier to deal
with IMO than mailing lists, and I generally prefer to use Gmane
rather than signing up for mailing lists if I possibly can.
The fact that I follow gnu.emacs.help rather than a mailing list is a
*good* thing.
--
Will
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-16 8:57 How to copy and paste from unity to emacs in the terminal version ? Kro Ly
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2014-08-16 11:29 ` Quanyang Liu
2014-08-16 12:51 ` Grant Rettke
[not found] ` <mailman.7137.1408188625.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-16 21:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-17 1:16 ` Quanyang Liu
[not found] ` <mailman.7148.1408238240.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-17 2:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-18 15:22 ` Kro Ly
2014-08-18 15:37 ` Yuri Khan
[not found] ` <mailman.7192.1408376274.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-18 20:12 ` Kro Ly
2014-08-19 2:41 ` Yuri Khan
2014-08-20 5:40 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.7266.1408513264.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-20 17:28 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-21 3:43 ` Yuri Khan
[not found] ` <mailman.7303.1408592631.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-22 0:09 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <7zy4ulojs7.fsf@example.com>
2014-08-18 17:45 ` Subhan Michael Tindall
2014-08-18 17:54 ` Bob Proulx
2014-08-18 18:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-19 0:17 ` Bob Proulx
2014-08-19 1:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-18 21:41 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-18 22:11 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <7z7g25za4u.fsf@example.com>
2014-08-18 23:03 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <7zsiksvpg9.fsf@example.com>
2014-08-19 16:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-19 22:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-16 23:18 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-17 1:22 ` Quanyang Liu
[not found] ` <mailman.7149.1408238590.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-17 2:34 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <7zvbpr8qxe.fsf@example.com>
[not found] ` <87sikv9cal.fsf_-_@debian.uxu>
2014-08-17 19:45 ` how to determine if to reply by CC as well (was: Re: How to copy and paste from unity to emacs in the terminal version ?) Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <7zoavin7e5.fsf@example.com>
2014-08-17 21:53 ` how to determine if to reply by CC as well Emanuel Berg
2014-08-18 0:27 ` Quanyang Liu
2014-08-18 17:46 ` Bob Proulx
2014-08-19 9:07 ` Quanyang Liu
[not found] ` <mailman.7199.1408384010.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-18 21:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-19 0:30 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.7218.1408408231.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-19 1:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-19 14:25 ` Will Parsons [this message]
2014-08-19 14:59 ` Quanyang Liu
2014-08-19 17:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-18 12:57 ` How to copy and paste from unity to emacs in the terminal version ? Robert Thorpe
2014-08-18 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
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