Hi, I'm going to say a suggestion, why don't you create a forum like the one of Ruby (http://www.rubyforums.com/)? for the novices this is a great help, better than a mail list
It's also worth noting that rubyforums.com has nearly no posts (six total) because it takes very just a short time working. I know that you have python-list, it's both an email and a usenet list. But I think that a forum is great for the learning. The test is in gentoo's forums. They are a lot of experienced people answering questions without any problem and it goes very well Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list