Richard Sims said:

>Curtis - I think you're stretching the point for some reason...

Actually, I was relating almost search-for-search the story of my recent
attempt to find the TSM mailing list.  I had been gone from it for a
while and was searching for it, and went down a number of dead ends,
including all of the ones I pointed out.  

I REALLY agree with you that IBM should be given quite a bit of credit
for mentioning the list in their website and manuals, but it never
occured to me to look in official manuals to find a user-supported
mailing list.  I DID try searching for the list on ibm.com and didn't
find anything.  (I had forgotten the ADSM-L name. I was searching on
"TSM mailing list.")

>Further, do a Google search on adsm-l subscribe
>and you get the goods.

Oddly enough, it didn't occur to me to search on that phrase. ;)

>This is not challenging.  A customer technician with the skills to
>install and maintain vendor software is sufficiently proficient to
>find basic info like this.

But apparently not me. ;)  It took me quite a few searches to find the
list.  In contrast, try a Google search for "NetBackup mailing list" or
"NetWorker mailing list," and the first two links that pop up tell you
exactly what to do to subscribe to those lists.  That's how easy I think
this list should be to find, and it's not.

BUT that wasn't my point.  My point was that I didn't want to make yet
another resource that didn't connect to this really great mailing list.
That's why I connected the forum and the list.

That's all I was trying to say.

Anyway, I look forward to working together more.