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Gareth Lodge wrote (in connection with the "inane" queries issue): .......... > 2) a separate list altogether. Something like lis-help! People would know > then exactly what to expect. In fact, for all I know, this may already exist > else where > > I think the second option is possibly best. .......... There's a philosophical flaw with this argument, just as there was when a similar suggestion waa made regarding the "video request" messages. It is this. Would anyone sign up to a list on the off chance that they might be able to *give* help?. I think not, just as no-one would sign up to a list on the off chance that they could *supply* a video. A list only used by those who *want* help wouldn't work. The whole point is that requests for rather obscure or miscellaneous bits of assistance are best sent to a general list, where there is a chance that, among the many thousands of members, one or two might be able to provide the obscure help needed. *********************************************************************** Fytton Rowland, Lecturer, and Programme Tutor for Information and Publishing Studies, Department of Information and Library Studies, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, UK. Phone (direct line) +44 (0) 1509 223039 Fax +44 (0) 1509 223053 E-mail [log in to unmask] http://info.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/staff/frowland.html ************************************************************************ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%