Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:08:48 -0800 From: Jim Allen <jallen@aviating.com> To: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <3A844E50.792C2E29@aviating.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102081221250.2710-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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So all of us newbies should subscribe to -questions also, as we try to sort through all the technical mysteries we are encountering, even though they are elementary newbie questions? Jim Allen Rick Hamell wrote: > > > So what if I answer this question here? Is that bad? Does this rob us > > newbies of precious bandwidth that could have been used for non-technical > > discussions? > > > > I just don't get this list. :-) > > No.... :) This list was created with the cavet that NO technical > questions be asked here. Because those who hang on -questions did not want > to be subscribed to yet another email list, AND it was felt that the > FreeBSD project needed only one point of contact for technical > questions. The secondary effect is that since this is a -newbie list and > newbie could potentially answer a question wrong. Without someone more > experienced around to watch for that... bad things could happen to your > system. The simple fact is that this list needs to be renamed to > newbie-chat or deleted. :) > > Rick > > 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
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