From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 06:37:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63FFA16A512; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:37:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2FF043D3F; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:37:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 3C08985605; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:07:31 +1030 (CST) Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:07:31 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="B9sQK8H3qcae8SLi" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: Sue Blake cc: FreeBSD Core Team Subject: Time to shut down this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:37:35 -0000 --B9sQK8H3qcae8SLi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Most (all?) of the traffic on -newbies lately has been of technical nature. That's not surprising, but there are a number of reasons why it's not a good idea: 1. It's not the original charter of the mailing list. For reference: This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD. Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this list. Support questions should be sent to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Technical questions should be sent to freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org. (NOT to the newbies list please) Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ Please read the info and FAK. They contain important information regarding the purpose and use of this mailing list. 2. There's already a mailing list for technical questions, as mentioned above: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org. 3. Most of the experienced people on the FreeBSD-questions list don't read -newbies. If they do, they've been told not to answer technical questions there. The result: ask a question on -newbies and you're less likely to get an answer. If you do get an answer, it's less likely to be correct. In either case, people on the -questions mailing list are not going to see the answer, so even if the answer is correct, it's of less use to the community at large. I'd suggest that we slowly disband this list (over a period of, say, two weeks). There are plenty of other FreeBSD mailing lists, and it's up to you to join them. If you're interested in technical issues, -questions is the obvious one to join. Comments? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --B9sQK8H3qcae8SLi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBymerIubykFB6QiMRAsNiAJ9ZrILxEeGXStaEuSjPjg3+erBY+ACcDm25 2qoN72o7mRpzq+IqmCx3BIc= =1du1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --B9sQK8H3qcae8SLi--