[MiKTeX] problem with \secion command

[Cornelius C. N. <no...@it...>]

      question 1 : what is wrong in the following mini example:

                 \documentclass{article}

                 \begin{document}
                 \section*{This is OK: \footnotemark }
                 \section{This isn't: \footnotemark }

                 \end{document}
   (the error message LaTeX gives me is

             ! Argument of \@sect has an extra }.
       <inserted text>
                       \par
       l.5 \section{This isn't: \footnotemark }

question 2 -- to Hans F. Nordhaug specifically):
how do I post questions to comp.text.tex ? I hate to prompt you once 
again to give your standard answer:

   "PS! Such general latex questions are much better asked on
    comp.text.tex "

When I try to connect to that address I always end up at google instead.

ccn.
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