Re: Searching files through blinux-list?

[Hans Zoebelein <hzo goldfish cube net>]

Every computer user should learn to stand on his/her own feet.
One important point is to practice  how to use the Internet to
find what you want to know (files/information).

It may be more comfortable for an user to throw all his/her requests
against a mailing list and then waiting until someone answers the
question.

But this behavior won't help you nor the respective mailing list. 
Because you would never learn to become autonomous and the list
would be filled with ever repeating questions. 

If a user can post to and read from a mailing list, he/she will
be able to query a search engine too. This is a fact (and it is 
much faster too).

Queries where to find files which can easily be found through a
search engine should be therefore considered off topic in blinux-list. 

A final remark:
Before posting a question to blinux list, please use the blinux
search engine to find out whether your question was answered before
at blinux list. You can access the list archives and search engines
through the blinux web page at http://leb-net/blinux 

or directly through
http://leb.net/blinux/list-archive/blinux-announce
http://leb.net/blinux/list-archive/blinux-develop
http://leb.net/blinux/list-archive/blinux-list


Enjoy!
Hans
(maintainer blinux-lists)


On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Jim Stevenson wrote:

> On all lists, for sited or blind, I believe it is both more polite and
> helpful to give the url, not just tell others to search for it.
> 
> Also, it is more helpful to give the e-mail address to subscribe to lists.
> 
> Its still faster than subscribing by lynx.
>