Focussing this list

Raj Mathur (raju@gratis.xgroup.ernet.in)
Fri, 15 Mar 96 07:44 IST(+0530)


[WARNING: YAOTP (Yet Another Off-Topic Posting)]

>From /usr/src/linux/README (1.3.72):

>If you decide to use 1.3, it is recommended that you join the kernel mailing
>list. To do this, e-mail majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu, and put in the body
>of the message "subscribe linux-kernel" or "subscribe linux-kernel-digest"
>for a daily digest of the mailing list (it is a high-traffic list.)

Is that one of the causes of so many repeated, non-kernel-related
questions asked on this list? IMO it makes sense to give pointers to
other lists (linux-newbie, linux-net, linux-config, etc) first in this
document, so that people approach the linux-kernel list only as a last
recourse.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 27 19:18 flames -> /dev/null

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