Evelyn McWilliams wrote:

> As a neophyte myself I like to think I can post naive questions to this list and not be howled down. I have received a lot of helpful advice and have learned a lot from the informed debate going on.

Every e-group has a few people who take advantage of the
anonimity of e-mail. This is a very lightly moderated list,
and most here try to be polite. A few don't. Best is just to
ignore the ones who don't. Not worth bothering with, usually.

Post away! You will get polite, and I hope useful, replies
from the rest.