OT: Answering your own question (Was: Clamav update failed)

[Alois Mahdal <alois.mahdal.1-ndmail@zxcvb.cz>]

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:09 +0000
Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems to be bad form to reply to your own email but the
> answer is .... 

No, no, no... it's the opposite.  Nice of you to share the
solution, Sharon!  Thank you!

I think that even if you actually knew the answer before you
asked, it's still better for community to "pretend" that you
ask and answer than to keep it all to yourself.  Many of us
(or even yourself in the future) could face the same issue;
and mailing list archive is good place to keep notes.

(BTW, as a PoC example this principle is actually encouraged
at StackExchange forums; when posting the question, you have
an "answer your question" checkbox that adds Answer field to
the form so you can answer your own question right away!  As
long as it's helpful, readable and on-topic, you get the
reputation points as a reward (voting system).  I don't see
why this should not apply to mailing list.)

Thanks,
aL.

-- 
Alois Mahdal