What's the deal with mailing lists?
jeremymcanally: Well I think the idea is that a mailing list, and by extension, the whole open source project, isn't a one way street.  Most people who use open source software contribute in one way or another, whether it's through supporting new users, hacking on the source code, or offering helpful, informed suggestions about the project.Not to be a Negative Nancy® here, but the problem is that "You're Doing It Wrong."  If you're just wanting to get your questions answered without any sort of input to the project, I think perhaps you're missing the spirit.That's all to say, it's fine for you to do that, but don't expect for it to be a frictionless process.  The idea is that you don't do things that way.  And most people who aren't (like me) really like the mailing list concept; it's easy, it integrates with something I already use all the time, and it exposes me to things and conversations that are going on really easily.