From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 12:35:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A58E616A4CE; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:35:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pop-a065c28.pas.sa.earthlink.net (pop-a065c28.pas.sa.earthlink.net [207.217.121.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CE2043D2D; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:35:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eric@savaka.com) Received: from dialup-4.152.69.189.dial1.atlanta1.level3.net ([4.152.69.189]) by pop-a065c28.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ChSBn-0000v3-00; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:35:32 -0800 Message-ID: <41CABC20.9090203@savaka.com> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:37:52 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.org References: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20041223063731.GW53357@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD Core Team Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:35:32 -0000 How about rename this list "Newbie Questions" and just go on trust that the people asking the questions are really newbies. Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >Most (all?) of the traffic on -newbies lately has been of technical >nature. That's not surprising, but there are a number of reasons why >it's not a good idea: > >1. It's not the original charter of the mailing list. For reference: > > This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD. > Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this > list. > > Support questions should be sent to > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Technical questions should be > sent to freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org. (NOT to the newbies list > please) > > Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ > > Please read the info and FAK. They contain important information > regarding the purpose and use of this mailing list. > >2. There's already a mailing list for technical questions, as > mentioned above: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org. > >3. Most of the experienced people on the FreeBSD-questions list don't > read -newbies. If they do, they've been told not to answer > technical questions there. > >The result: ask a question on -newbies and you're less likely to get >an answer. If you do get an answer, it's less likely to be correct. >In either case, people on the -questions mailing list are not going to >see the answer, so even if the answer is correct, it's of less use to >the community at large. > >I'd suggest that we slowly disband this list (over a period of, say, >two weeks). There are plenty of other FreeBSD mailing lists, and it's >up to you to join them. If you're interested in technical issues, >-questions is the obvious one to join. > >Comments? >Greg >-- >See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > >