2011/10/21 Michael Litchard :

I know it's bad form to post the same question to multiple mailing lists. But what about say, the beginner's mailing list and stackoverflow.com?

Hi, Nothing is carved in stone, use your judgment. It shouldn't be done systematically but from time to time, it is interesting to point people to existing discussion (e.g. blog post, reddit thread, or SO answers). I believe currently SO and beginners' mailing list have not exactly the same audience so if you don't get the answer you're after in one place, trying later in the other is fine. Cheers, Thu