Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 20:20:02 -0700 From: Joe Warner <rootman@xmission.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>, dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au Cc: hamellr@heorot.1nova.com, Joe.Warner@smed.com, postmaster@freebsd.org, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <01021820364301.00308@blackmirror.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <20010219030824.136F637B4EC@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20010219030824.136F637B4EC@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > what does Sue Blake, Greg Lehey and the other old timers on the > freebsd-newbies list have to say about the name change. I got a response from Greg Lehey saying that he didn't think a name change or doing away with the list all together would be a viable solution. He closed saying everyone will just have to live with things as they are. > > in part this seems to be a simple matter of people not reading the > mail list charter, which is sent to them when they first subscribe: Agreed but how many charters have you read in their entirety after subscribing to a list? Maybe you have a good habit of reading and understanding the charters before sending email, however I'm guilty of subscribing to lists and deleting the charters without reading them. Yes, I'm a bad boy sometimes. 8^) I initially subscribed to -newbies because I "assumed" it was a list where newbies could post technical questions. I made this assumption based on the current name of the list. If it would have been called "freebsd-dontaskquestionshere.org", I probably wouldn't have subscribed right away and posted my questions to -questions instead. > > > FREEBSD-NEWBIES > > > > Welcome to FreeBSD! > > 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 > > (NOT to the newbies list please) > > > > Full info and FAK http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ > > Resource list http://www.freebsd.org/newbies.html > > jmb Maybe the list should be renamed to "freebsd-newbies-readthecharterfirst.org"? (just kidding) 8^) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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