JM> You said yourself "one should assume that the poster has tried to understand JM> docs and mans" plus the howtos and any other doc. Which is typically what I JM> do when answering people's questions via lists, newsgroups or in person. Even JM> when someone "in the heat of the moment" spells something wrong or uses the JM> wrong term, I make an effort to understand them. I recently spent half an JM> hour talking with someone who kept saying "partition" although they meant JM> filesystem. That didn't stop me from understanding. I'm going to throw a suggestion out --- rather than make assumptions, is there a compiled FAQ for this list? I have had experiences on other list where they would send out the FAQ or a pointer to the FAQ once a month. Just a thought. Perhaps the list-owner could comment. DJ