From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed May 23 16:17: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from lcmail2.lc.ca.gov (lcmail2.lc.ca.gov [165.107.12.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0ED937B422 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 16:17:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drewt@writeme.com) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by lcmail2.lc.ca.gov (PMDF V5.2-27 #40821) id <0GDT00101A0QCA@lcmail2.lc.ca.gov> for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 23 May 2001 16:17:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tagalong ([165.107.42.244]) by lcmail2.lc.ca.gov (PMDF V5.2-27 #40821) with SMTP id <0GDT00COMA0PEI@lcmail2.lc.ca.gov> for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 23 May 2001 16:17:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:16:53 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=what? In-reply-to: To: 'Libby Charles-CCL044' , 'Sue Blake' Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Libby > Charles-CCL044 > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 2:19 PM > To: 'Sue Blake' > Cc: 'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG' > Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=what? > > > It does??? Would you mind letting me know (in private mail if > you like) > what book that was, and exactly what words it uses? If people > really are being told to ask _support_questions_ here, that's a shame. > It would mean that they would be stepping outside the list charter. > Keeping within list charters is a condition of using the freebsd > lists. You should go to the authoritative source, the list charters > (descriptions) on the freebsd.org web site. > > > The Complete FreeBSD 3rd Edition > > Chapter 1: Introduction > Page 15 > Paragraph Support > > "A good place to start is with the mailing lists > FreeBSD-newbies and freebsd-questions respectively. To sign > up sen a mail message to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with the text ..." > > I subscribed to this list because of this page as well. I > just have lurked for a while so I have seen several flamed > for asking questions, and I know to go to questions when I ask. This is correct and I agree that it is somewhat misleading. However, if you continue reading a few more lines, it states "Please be sure to read the charters before subscribing or sending mail to any FreeBSD mailing list for an explanation of which topics are relevant for a given list and what types of postings are and are not allowed." From what I've seen on the message boards, Greg Lehey is working on a 4th edition of the book. Maybe this section could be rewritten to be a little clearer? Drew > > > Charles S. Libby > Technical Instructor > iDEN Technical Training > Motorola > (847) 576-0617 > Rom 10:9,10 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message