More R-help This page has the following sections: Reading R-help Other mailing lists Writing messages Resources Reading R-help I find it hard to believe that anyone reads all R-help messages. You shouldn't try. Skim the ones that have interesting subjects, peruse the ones that are interesting, and delete the rest unread. Other mailing lists There are several additional R mailing lists. The R-devel mailing list is for the discussion of possible bugs and possible new directions for the language. It is a public mailing list -- it is not just for official developers. As complete confirmation that it is a public list, it is also the venue for certain advanced programming topics -- see the posting guide. There are a number of R-sig mailing lists. The "sig" stands for "Special Interest Group". There are domain specific lists, technique specific lists, ... To see the mailing lists that are available and to sign up for any of them, click on the "Mailing Lists" item on the left side of the R home page. That is also the way to unsubscribe from a list -- do not write to the list to try to unsubscribe. Writing messages Writing a message to a mailing list should be done only after you have exhausted other avenues. If you decide you do need to write a message, then: • Read the posting guide. • Follow the posting guide. • Consider the advise in Circle 9 of The R Inferno. Resources To get to the posting guide: On the R Project website click "Mailing Lists" on left side. The link to the posting guide is on the first line. Back to top level of Some hints for the R beginner First Version: 2010 March 07   Last Modified: 2010 May 09 Direct access to this page is via http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/more_R_help.html