From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Apr 21 22:57:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA21204 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:57:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA21191 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 05:57:32 GMT (envelope-from Studded@san.rr.com) Received: from san.rr.com (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA07241 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:57:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@san.rr.com) Message-ID: <353D86CB.3B79AD8A@san.rr.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:57:31 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE-0420 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: #freebsd-newbies References: <19980422022704.26809.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I think people are making too much of this. One of the good things about IRC is that anyone can start a channel. One of the bad things about IRC is that anyone can start a channel. :) If people were to go to irc.freebsd.org and start their own channel the other people on the server would never know you were there unless they did a /list, and you can mark the channel "secret" if you want to avoid that. :) The advantage of starting a channel on a large network is that when #freebsd-whatever is boring, there are other places to be and things to do. :) I agree that there probably aren't enough users to justify spreading across more than one network. I honestly don't care if you concentrate on dalnet or not, but of the 3 largest networks it is certainly the easiest one to establish and protect a channel on. I also know almost all of the chanops on dalnet #freebsd and sue's experience aside they are knowledgeable and willing to answer questions from anyone. That doesn't mean that the knowledgeable people will always be there. :) In any case, an IRC channel for new users would be a lot like this mailing list. A place for people to gather and chat about their experiences. Whatever else happens is gravy and y'all can take it as it comes. My suggestion is to pick a network, pick a channel name and just enjoy yourselves. :) If you're on dalnet, invite me sometime, if I'm not busy I'll be happy to come say hi. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet *** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message