From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 16:54:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6499016A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:54:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org [198.22.63.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78F1443FAF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:54:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: from bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org (mwlucas@localhost.blackhelicopters.org [127.0.0.1])h8C00qLw044229; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:00:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost)h8C00qo0044228; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:00:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:00:52 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" To: Josef El-Rayes Message-ID: <20030912000052.GA44177@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20030911235020.GA2098@daemon.li> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030911235020.GA2098@daemon.li> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-docs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: author's email adress X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:54:28 -0000 Hi, Frequently, the "original author" would not recognize the document as it exists in the doc repository. Many documents have been rewritten over the years. Also, just because someone wrote a document doesn't mean that they want to answer questions about it. That's what mailing lists are for. :-) ==ml On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:50:20AM +0200, Josef El-Rayes wrote: > hi! > > i was wondering why there is no email adress of the author of articles > available. i think adding something like: > > > Joe > Randmon > jr@freebsd.org > > > would be quite useful for people that have questions after reading the > article as specific questions might be best answered by the author > himself. status-quo makes it very hard to find out how to contact the > author directly. > > tell me what you think of it. > > -josef > -- > www: http://www.daemon.li > nic-hdl: JER1080312-NICAT > BSD in AT: www.bsdcode.at > "Make World - Not War!" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org Today's chance of throwing it all away to start a goat farm: 41.8% http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Absolute OpenBSD: http://www.AbsoluteOpenBSD.com/