Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 19:52:08 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostmaster, the ftp contact? Message-ID: <20021005185208.GA1839@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20021005140539.GG751@hades.hell.gr> References: <20021005003701.GE80284@elvis.mu.org> <20021005105129.GC99605@submonkey.net> <20021005140539.GG751@hades.hell.gr>
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On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 05:05:39PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-10-05 11:51, Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 05:37:02PM -0700, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > > can someone please come up with a better way to correct this? > > > > > > diff -u -r1.242 chapter.sgml > > > --- mirrors/chapter.sgml 30 Sep 2002 14:31:08 -0000 1.242 > > > +++ mirrors/chapter.sgml 1 Oct 2002 17:49:31 -0000 > > > @@ -1042,8 +1042,7 @@ > > > <term><anchor id="mirrors-us">USA</term> > > > > > > <listitem> > > > - <para>In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster > > > - <email>hostmaster@FreeBSD.org</email> for this domain.</para> > > > + <para>In case of problems, please contact the &a.doc;.</para> > > > > I think that's making the situation worse. > > Being responsible for the DNS, hostmaster@FreeBSD.org should have a much > > better idea of which machine is hanging at the end of a CNAME and who's > > responsible for it than we will. > > > > Pointing this at questions@ makes the same amount of sense as using doc@. > > Hmmm, we don't want people to flood admins at freebsd.org with > thousands of email messages asking things like ``What does `host not > found mean?'.'' Perhaps point users to -questions and then if their > questions cannot be answered because they require administrative > information that is not readily available to everyone (which should be > a rare case), point them to admins? Agreed. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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