From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Mar 19 20:49:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20703 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:49:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20678 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:49:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA20540; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:49:11 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980320154907.30953@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:49:07 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: lfloyd@sonic.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Newbies list [was: partition spanning multiple drives] References: <3.0.1.32.19980319164854.006985c0@pacificnet.net> <19980320132212.34408@welearn.com.au> <3511E7DB.E8C7FF64@sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3511E7DB.E8C7FF64@sonic.net>; from L. Floyd on Thu, Mar 19, 1998 at 07:51:55PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 19, 1998 at 07:51:55PM -0800, L. Floyd wrote: > I got Val's post through the freebsd-newbies listserv group... so isn't > this the correct group to post this question to? All questions, requests for help, etc still go to freebsd-questions as usual. This is more of a chat group, a place where newbies can relax and be with other newbies, without feeling surrounded by experts focusing on our imperfection. We can talk about things here that are not allowed on freebsd-questions. We're a bit freer to make the mistakes we need to make in order to learn, without getting in anyone else's way. The posts to the lists are not moderated, so they go straight through whatever their content. It is going to be confusing for a little while because we're all newbies so we all make mistakes. I get to make the biggest ones :-) It is quite common for people to send the wrong kind of post to a mailing list. Because we're newbies it'll certainly happen here from time to time. The best thing to do if you see a message that doesn't belong on a list is to ignore it. There's always someone around whose job it is to sort these problems out privately. One thing we're going to see a fair bit is people posting questions, believing they're doing the right thing by posting here as newbies, not realising it's primarily a chat group. If someone answers those questions the situation will snowball. There's nothing wrong with helping someone to redirect their question to freebsd-questions. Also there's nothing wrong with the occasional mistake, so we'll always be gentle. Normally when you get information about a list, and certainly when join a list, you're given specific instructions as to what it's for and what's allowable etc. That's where I've fallen down, and I'm sorry that some people might be getting the wrong impression. I'm trying to get the full information posted right now, but it'll take time to trickle through. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message