The proper way to ask questions in newsgroups and other forums

Sean Corfields blog had a great post about blunt to the point article about posting quesitons to newsgroups, email lists and other forums for technical answers. I am one that is always nervous to ask a question, but this does not offend me, yet instead offers some good insight on the effort we should all take before we expect someone else to spend their valuable time helping us. There are alot of people that offer alot of help and to them I am grateful. The article:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html