From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 11 07:49:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA29652 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:49:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail11.digital.com (mail11.digital.com [192.208.46.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA29633 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:49:06 -0800 (PST) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail11.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) id KAA20264; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:35:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA09987; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 16:35:00 +0100 Message-Id: <9702111535.AA09987@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from Dave Hummel of Tue, 11 Feb 97 09:44:07 EST. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: normal ftp blah blah Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 16:35:00 +0100 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk HUMMDN36@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU writes: > Actually my intent was to keep the newbie list for the new to Unix crowd, so -I > guess that's where it would be different from questions@. I tried to address > some of this earlier, but my VMS account barfed.... I will try to remember wh -at > I said in that attempted post. > actually a year or so ago there was a similar suggestion made on one of the mail lists. I can't remember any more which one. The basic idea was to have a list of volunteers who would automatically get questions sent to them in their area of expertise. A call for volunteers went out and several people actually did volunteer. THen the whole thing quietly died. the questions list seems to be it. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org