From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 17:32:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CBE16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:32:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2882343D2F for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:32:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bbobowski@cogeco.ca) Received: from [24.150.215.98] (d150-215-98.home.cgocable.net [24.150.215.98]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8104529; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:32:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41ADFFB1.1000100@cogeco.ca> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:30:25 -0500 From: Brian Bobowski User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Thunderbird/0.7.1 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Conn References: <20041201155345.4179.qmail@web41624.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041201155345.4179.qmail@web41624.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new freebsd users list (unofficial) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:32:16 -0000 Chris Conn wrote: >Hi, I've started a small informal FreeBSD user's >list on yahoogroups. This list is not one of the >official FreeBSD lists, I just started it myself. > >If you're interested you can subscribe here: > >http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/freebsd-users > >or send me mail and I'll add you. > >Why yahoogroups: because that's all I've got :-). >If somebody can set up a better list for me (like >a majordomo or listserv list) I'd be interested. >I get tired of the ads, but they seem to have >pretty good spam protection. > >Some background: I've been running FreeBSD at >home for about 7 years, have been working at >AIX Technical Support in Austin,TX for about >the same amount of time, have been a listowner >of various running and technical lists for 14 >years. FreeBSD is a hobby and educational thing >for me, and it is complimentary to my professional >life. I've been involved with Unix for most of >my adult life. > >The idea of a small informal list may appeal to >some, not to others. That's cool, send me mail >if you're interested. > > Not to knock your idea, but what's the perk of your particular list rather than, say, here or the -chat list? Give people something to look forward to. :) -BB