From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 4 12:45:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18597 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:45:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com (ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.0.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18581 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:45:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from charon@freethought.org) From: charon@freethought.org Received: from c40948-a ([24.1.7.99]) by mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail v4.00.03 201-229-104) with SMTP id <19990204204523.DTRD9535.mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com@c40948-a>; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:45:23 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990204124513.00a2c100@mail> X-Sender: tuathadedanann@mail X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 12:45:13 -0800 To: cjclark@home.com, root@isis.dynip.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Newbies Mailing List Question Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199902041522.KAA07737@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> References: <199902041505.SAA04820@isis.dynip.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 10:22 AM 2/4/99 -0500, Crist J. Clark wrote: >root@isis.dynip.com wrote, >> Hi there people, >> I am thinking to create majordomo mailing list for Newbies (i.e. people >> who are still wrapped in Nylon), and don't know anything about anything >> in FreeBSD, and Unix in general. >> Anyone think this is a good idea ?? >> Thanks. > >You are going to get a zillion responses, but... > >That mail list does already exist. In a manner of speaking... Unfortunately, the freebsd-newbies list discourages the asking of questions, even newbie questions that people are often embarrassed to ask on -questions. After a heated debate last summer, another list was set up (freebsd-tips-subscribe@egroups.com) that was more newbie (and question) friendly. It's _extremely_ low volume, but perhaps it could be revitalized :) (Also, I don't believe that it's ever been officially associated with the FreeBSD project - it's just a list made by/for interested users). Charon@freethought.org http://members.home.net/tuathadedanann/ "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." -Whitman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message