Where to get help Re: [Xastir] Better and/or Easier Way to Get Xastir on Windows

[Jeremy Utley]

On 11/9/06, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 01:12:28PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <jdw at eng.uah.edu> flavor, containing:
> >
> > On Nov 9, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> >
> > >Either that, or kill the forums and direct people to the
> > >list instead.
> >
> > I second this motion.  I vastly prefer email, and I won't do both a
> > forum and email; too much trouble.
>
> [lights torch and grabs rusty farm implements] Kill it!

There are some advantages to forum-based support rather than
mailing-list based support.  With a mailing list, you have to get
yourself subscribed, hope your provider's anti-spam measures don't
treat the mailing list as spam, post your question, and deal with
whatever noise there is on the list until you get your answer (if you
get a good answer - not usually a problem on ths list, but I know of
plenty other "support" lists where 75% of the requests for help are
ignored).  Not to mention poorly configured lists that send replies in
private rather than the list *grins*

With most web forum software, you can easily set it to notify you of
responses to your inquiry, and never go back there until someone
responds to your inquiry.  Then, once you have your answer, you never
*have* to go back again.

Jeremy