Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:54:23 -0700 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com To: Jim Allen <jallen@aviating.com> Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <OF7CD3C8E5.31715448-ON872569EE.00719E24@smed.com>
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>So all of us newbies should subscribe to -questions
No, that would be crazy. Does anyone really subscribe
to that list? I made the mistake of doing it once and was
suprised to find 180+ email in my inbox at the end of the
day.
>as we try to sort through all the
>technical mysteries we are encountering, even
>though they are elementary newbie questions?
You can send questions to -questions. Even elementary
newbie one's will get answered.
Cheers
Joe
Jim Allen
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cc: (bcc: Joe Warner/SMS)
02/09/01 Subject: Re: Hello from russia!
01:08 PM
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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