Homebrew PCBs

On 03/09/2011 12:04 AM, AlienRelics wrote:
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>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>, Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > On 03/07/2011 02:25 PM, Randy S. wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Maybe the groups should be renamed
>  > > to Advanced_Homebrew_PCBs
>  > >
>  >
>  > Anyone joining this group should refer to the group archives where a
>  > wealth of knowledge already exists. For those of us that have been the
>  > group for years know, the recent questions have been asked, and answered
>  > many times before.
>  >
>  > If a new member is not willing to do some research on their own, before
>  > asking the group for help, I myself just blacklist ( ie dump as spam)
>  > that member.
>  >
>  > -- Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
>  > Teach a man to fish, feed him for life.
>
> So... did you mean:
>
> "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
> Treat a man with scorn for asking me about lures, then blacklist him."
>
> Are you saying that you are marking list messages as spam when you don't
> like the question? So you are why my Yahoogroups keep ending up in the
> spam folder.
>

Negative.  I don't report ANY of this groups mail as SPAM.  I Blacklist
Locally not Globally.

I have set up a filter to put unwanted mail, from MANY different 
Groups/Lists, into my TRASH folder.  That way I don't have to 
move/delete them myself.

> This list is for newbies, too. Often the biggest obstacle to finding
> information is not knowing the correct words to search for. If a
> question bugs you, I suggest you just delete it.

That is what I do now.  My use of the term "Spam" was in error.

>
> I looked into moving this over to a forum on my webserver. It might have
> made it easier to split up subjects and make FAQs, but it was met with
> mighty resistance. Are you willing to write a FAQ, or just gripe about it?

I  did not mean for my post to be a Gripe. It was intended to inform a 
newbie that the archives have the answer to many of his questions.  If 
that was wrong, I apologize.

No I do not have the time to spend on researching the archives to come 
up with an FAQ.  I spent my first 3 months in this group doing just 
that.  I did not find that effort to be wasted and I learned enough to 
limit my questions to items not found in the archives.  I have not found 
the need to ask any question, here, in a few years now.  I just follow 
this Group out of habit because I find it interesting.

Wayne

WA1BBB