<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Useful Linux Mailing Lists</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux PPP HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Other Useful/Important Documents" HREF="c189.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Other Useful/Important Documents" HREF="c189.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Easy Configuration Utilities for PPP" HREF="tools.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" ><A HREF="http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp" TARGET="_top" >Linux PPP HOWTO</A ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="c189.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 6. Other Useful/Important Documents</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="tools.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN227">6.1. Useful Linux Mailing Lists</H1 ><P >There are many Linux mailing lists that operate as a means of communication between users of many levels of ability. By all means subscribe to those that interest you and contribute your expertise and views.</P ><P ><EM >A word to the wise</EM >: some lists are specifically aimed at "high powered" users and/or specific topics. Whilst no-one will complain if you 'lurk' (subscribe but don't post messages), you are likely to earn heated comments (if not outright flames) if you post 'newbie' questions to inappropriate lists.</P ><P >This is not because guru level users hate new users, but because these lists are there to handle the specific issues at particular levels of difficulty.</P ><P >By all means join the lists that offer open subscription, but keep your comments relevant to the subject of the list!</P ><P >A good starting point for Linux mailing lists is <A HREF="http://oslab.snu.ac.kr/~djshin/linux/mail-list/index.shtml" TARGET="_top" >Linux Mailing List Directory</A ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c189.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="tools.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Other Useful/Important Documents</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c189.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Easy Configuration Utilities for PPP</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >