From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Oct 6 19:55:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA12047 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:55:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA12005 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:54:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA25132; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:24:47 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA04646; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:24:46 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981007122446.N27781@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:24:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Eivind Eklund , Nik Clayton , Sue Blake Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dos and Don'ts References: <19981006071237.02443@follo.net> <19981006155341.C27781@freebie.lemis.com> <19981006083809.00946@follo.net> <19981006173417.64829@welearn.com.au> <19981006174328.65315@follo.net> <19981007002333.50430@nothing-going-on.org> <19981007121358.L27781@freebie.lemis.com> <19981007045126.51215@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981007045126.51215@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 04:51:26AM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, 7 October 1998 at 4:51:26 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 12:13:58PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Wednesday, 7 October 1998 at 0:23:33 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: >>> DO use Usenet search engines such as DejaNews >>> to search for information before posting. Searching for error >>> messages can be particularly informative. >> >> Also good. But maybe not enough. How about: >> >> DO use the FreeBSD web site and Usenet search engines such as >> DejaNews to search for >> information before posting. Searching DejaNews for error >> messages can be particularly informative. > > I rewrote this a little more: > > DO use the FreeBSD web site and Usenet search engines such as > DejaNews to search for > information before posting. Searching DejaNews and the FreeBSD > mailing list archives > for your error messages can be particularly informative. Fine Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message