Re: Archive Link

on 03/05/03 12:27 PM, Gavin Nouwens (gnouwens@zip.com.au) wrote: > Would certainly cut down on a lot of the repetitive, simple questions! > > Maybe even put it up at the top of the e-mail so people *definitely* see > it :) It won't (IMO) make much of an impact... and this sort of thing has been discussed to death on this list before too (search the archives haha), but seriously, lazy people are always going to be lazy, and the majority of people who post obvious, repetitive, unresearched questions are more than likely: a) aware of the manual b) aware that a google would help c) aware of the archive, or would easily see it whilst searching google for "PHP mailing list archive" ... but they're after a quick answer, so they go straight to the list. It's sure to help in some small way, but I wouldn't expect big results. Justin