From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 21:26:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13723 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 21:26:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pimout1-int.prodigy.net (pimout1-ext.prodigy.net [198.83.18.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA13049; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 21:25:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamesh@etsu.edu) Received: from localhost (jamesh@slip166-72-245-82.tn.us.ibm.net [166.72.245.82]) by pimout1-int.prodigy.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA101010; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 00:21:54 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 00:21:52 -0500 (EST) From: James X-Sender: jamesh@localhost Reply-To: zjhh2@etsu.edu To: Sue Blake cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list In-Reply-To: <19980301105650.47895@welearn.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > > I am a newbie and that's not going to change for quite a while. For many > reasons I want to talk to other newbies in a newbie environment. I am a newbie and proud. : ) I would like to see a list such as this and have often wondered myself why there is not such a beast. > I have a lot of ideas about what I'd like to see, but most great ideas > to date have turned out to be crap in the light of further information. > Could someone please summarise the argument against a mailing list for > newbies before I either press for one to be created or do it myself. I would also like to hear the resoning for this. I think it would be a good idea. I understand that too many lists would be a bad thing and there is no need for a freebsd-basketweaving group, but to me at least a newbies group seems logical. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message