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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
> 
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