Before asking a technical question by e-mail, or in a newsgroup, or on a website chat board, do the following:
1.Try to find an answer by searching the archives of the forum you plan to post to.
2.Try to find an answer by searching the Web.
3.Try to find an answer by reading the manual.
4.Try to find an answer by reading a FAQ.
5.Try to find an answer by inspection or experimentation.
6.Try to find an answer by asking a skilled friend.
7.If you're a programmer, try to find an answer by reading the source code.
Found these tips from
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Note: They are not a help desk for your project! Besides the page describes how to be cool with project development mail list etc...
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