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Date:      Wed, 1 Mar 2000 18:48:32 +1300
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@freebsddiary.org>
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: proposal: weekly posting about FreeBSD Diary
Message-ID:  <200003010548.SAA42773@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <38BCA89D.A5C354CF@gorean.org>

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On 29 Feb 00, at 21:20, Doug Barton wrote:

> Dan Langille wrote:
> > 
> > On 29 Feb 00, at 20:13, Doug Barton wrote:
> > 
> > > Dan Langille wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How would the list react to a weekly posting about The FreeBSD Diary?
> > >
> > >  Hmmm.... you already post "You can find that answer at the freebsd
> > > diary" mesages a week, do you think that one more would make a
> > > difference?
> > 
> > That's strange.  I haven't been subscribed to questions for some
> > months.  Perhaps someone has been posting on my behalf.
> 
>  Ok, I'll rephrase. I see several postings a week on the -questions list
> that refer people to your web pages. In no way do I think this is a bad
> thing. I just don't think that one more will make a difference. 

It's good that other people are referring people to the Diary.  I consider 
that a compliement.  And point taken.  The difference between the 
existing references and my single post would be that my message 
would include which new articles had been added in the past week.  I 
hope that a separate message, appropriately titled, might prompt people 
to read the message.  As opposed to deleting a thread because it's 
titled "I can't get my cd-rom to work".

>  Given that you're not even subscribed to the list, I would have some
> reservations about an advertisement for your site being posted to the
> list. However I'm sure that I will be in the minority.

I'ts my turn to rephrase.  I am subscribed to the list *now*.  I had been 
absent for some months because of other commitments.
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