FAQ: Answering questions emailed direct to 'editor'

[Chris Bacon]

I should put something short and to the point up, for instance:

DO NOT E-MAIL ( [e-mail]) WITH D-I-Y QUESTIONS - SEND THESE TO UK.D-I-Y. ANY D-I-Y-RELATED QUESTION ADDRESSED TO (..) WILL BE DELETED UNREAD.

[Owain]

Start:

Thank you for your question and your interest in news:uk.d-i-y

Because I just edit the FAQ, and am not an expert in all topics, I prefer not to answer individual questions. Asking your question on the newsgroup allows others to contribute to and benefit from the resulting discussion.

You can read and post to news:uk.d-i-y using a newsreader such as Mozilla/Thunderbird or Outlook Express. Check your ISP's tech support webpages for information on how to connect to their news server (often called a Usenet or NNTP server). . AOL users should see

If your ISP doesn't provide a newsgroups service you can subscribe to a separate news server such as for a small fee, or you can use a web-based service such as .

If you can't find the answer in the FAQ, ask on uk.d-i-y.

Please only mail me if you find errors or have contributions for the FAQ.

:End

Owain

[Holly, in France]

Hmm, well how did the rest of us manage when we were all newbies and before the Google Groups was a even a twinkle in anyone's eye? The Pop3 bit is just a bit double-dutch though :-)

Well said!

Their interface is actually a hell of a lot

But still the google groups people tend sometimes not to quote the bit they are replying to, which is confusing for everyone else.

-- Holly, in France Gite to let in Dordogne, now with pool.

[Holly, in France]

Jolly good, well done. Although as long as the original suggestion :-)

Owain, whilst I'm here, why do your postings always quote the entire headers at the top of the post before anything else? Makes for an awful lot of scrolling and no-one else's postings seem to do it. Are you aware that it happens? ...

And.....just having hit the 'send' button, now I see that your messages (using OE with Quotefix) somehow don't seem to follow up automatically to uk.diy or to quote the message title. I have just had to cut and paste both in. Is it just me, does anyone else find this?? What on earth is going on?.....

[Lobster]

Dunno missus, but Owain's posts are fine for me (using Thunderbird)... I found the original version of Owain's post which you quoted and it looked perfectly normal and headerless to me!

David

[Phil Addison]

Thanks everyone that made suggestions. It looks as if a shorter version is desirable so I'll have another look at it.

Phil The uk.d-i-y FAQ is at

Google uk.d-i-y archive is at NOSPAM from address to email me

[Owain]

I don't see it happening when other people quote my posts, and I haven't had (m)any complaints about misformed posts.

I'm also using Thunderbird. I suspect OE + Quotefix isn't quite perfect.

Owain

[Holly, in France]