From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 15:15:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60DC91065673 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B3BA8FC28 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m2QEnZDW005268; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:49:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id m2QEnZoq005267; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:49:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:49:35 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: Passive PROFITS Message-ID: <20080326144935.GN75023@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LZ92CUgs0ha736zO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:00 -0000 --LZ92CUgs0ha736zO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Passive PROFITS wrote: > Hi All, >=20 > First post to any FreeBSD list; be gentle! ;) >=20 > Where would be the right place to go looking to > subscribe to a newbie level user-support list?=20 > Perhaps rephrased 'complete newbie user support list' > ... LOL >... We used to have a freebsd-newbies list, but folks tended to use it for posts that ought to have gone to freebsd-questions, with a resulting bit of confusion. At this point, freebsd-questions is my recommendation for a default place to post questions about FreeBSD and using it; perhaps we should consider re-wording the "charter" for -questions to be less intimidating. Naturally, you should be prepared to redirect a message thread to a more appropriate (likely, more focused) list -- e.g., if you have a question about a specific use of IPFW, the freebsd-ipfw list wouold likely be better than -questions. One suggestion: read through archived posts before you post. You may well find what you need without needing to post at all. Peace, david (postmaster, but not really wearing that hat now) --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org I submit that "conspiracy" would be an appropriate collective noun for cats. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --LZ92CUgs0ha736zO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfqYn4ACgkQmprOCmdXAD2XxgCggdCJ3rmTdAREvCxuZvrguaFU D5gAnjUfbvckVsTZGkdBjnyGu+vCVJcZ =MTJI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZ92CUgs0ha736zO--