From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 11:39:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D0716A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FED743D45 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:39:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 708 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2004 18:37:15 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 6 Apr 2004 18:37:15 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i36IbCNC007435; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:37:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: config@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:19:51 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200404012143.i31LhVls024549@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <200404012143.i31LhVls024549@bunrab.catwhisker.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404061019.52432.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: kris@obsecurity.org cc: postmaster@FreeBSD.org cc: David Wolfskill Subject: Re: Removing the freebsd-config list X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 18:39:01 -0000 On Thursday 01 April 2004 04:43 pm, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:10:16 -0800 > >From: Kris Kennaway > >To: config@FreeBSD.org > >Cc: postmaster@FreeBSD.org > >Subject: Removing the freebsd-config list > > > >This mailing list gets nothing but misfiled support emails that should > >go to questions@ (presumably the belief is that "freebsd-config" is > >the mailing list for "help with configuring FreeBSD")...I think it > >should just be removed. > > OK; I'm willing to accept that. I think the list should die as well. There's also an install list that has similar problems (if it even exists anymore, I unsubscribed from that one a while back). > However, I don't know what the next step ought to be in the process. I would send a message to the list saying that you are going to actually remove it, then remove it from the list of active mailing lists on the webpage, and finally just turn off the alias. I would still leave the archives around of course. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org