Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:01:03 -0500 From: Libby Charles-CCL044 <Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com> To: "Newbies List Freebsd (E-mail)" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=27Jukka_Simil=E4=27?= <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=what? Message-ID: <AD31C7ED267AD411B55500D0B781E33DF9C305@il33exm02.wes.mot.com>
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Thanks, I did not know that. See I am a newbee -----Original Message----- From: Jukka Simil=E4 [mailto:jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:58 AM To: 'Libby Charles-CCL044' Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=3Dwhat? actually, they are. -multimedia, -network, -hackers, -mobile, -stable = et cetera et cetera.... for example, -multimedia is a place where you could ask a question = about problems with your sound card -=20 whether it is a problem with installation or question like "i'd like to stream audio from my tvcard to network - which tools to use?" - on the = other hand, it's a place to ask for a support stage for a specific device, = say, mpeg2-grabber card. so, questions are broken down to several topics, -questions is a place = for General questions, or for those that you didn't find an approppriate = place elsewhere.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Libby Charles-CCL044 [mailto:Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 4:52 PM > To: Newbies List Freebsd (E-mail) > Cc: 'That Guy' > Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=3Dwhat? >=20 >=20 > Questions could be broken down into several topics which=20 > would cut down the traffic on questions. Say one on Hardware=20 > issues, 0ne on network interface issues, and one on setup=20 > issues might fit the bill, but I am just a new-bee my self=20 > with lots of questions and still reading the reams of documentation. >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: That Guy [mailto:thatguy_11@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 7:48 PM > To: Charles.S.Libby > Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=3Dwhat? >=20 >=20 > Its in the Complete Freebsd, the Lehey book. It does mention=20 > that newbies=20 > isn't the place for seriously technical questions, but it does infer=20 > questions should be asked here. Anyway, what else do you=20 > want to do? Its=20 > not like this list has any traffic as it is. Tiering the=20 > questions list=20 > into a couple or 3 makes sense to me, simply because I can't=20 > handle deleting=20 > 200 emails a day from -questions. >=20 >=20 > >From: Libby Charles-CCL044 <Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com> > >To: "'Sue Blake'" <sue@welearn.com.au> > >CC: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > >Subject: RE: mad about questions? newbies list=3Dwhat? > >Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:19:09 -0500 > > > >It does??? Would you mind letting me know (in private mail=20 > if you like) > >what book that was, and exactly what words it uses? If people > >really are being told to ask _support_questions_ here,=20 > that's a shame. > >It would mean that they would be stepping outside the list charter. > >Keeping within list charters is a condition of using the freebsd > >lists. You should go to the authoritative source, the list charters > >(descriptions) on the freebsd.org web site. > > > > > >The Complete FreeBSD 3rd Edition > > > >Chapter 1: Introduction > >Page 15 > >Paragraph Support > > > >"A good place to start is with the mailing lists FreeBSD-newbies and = > >freebsd-questions respectively. To sign up sen a mail message to=20 > >majordomo@FreeBSD.org with the text ..." > > > >I subscribed to this list because of this page as well. I=20 > just have lurked=20 > >for a while so I have seen several flamed for asking=20 > questions, and I know=20 > >to go to questions when I ask. > > > > > >Charles S. Libby > >Technical Instructor > >iDEN Technical Training > >Motorola > >(847) 576-0617 > >Rom 10:9,10 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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