From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 9 16: 4:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from tierzero.apana.org.au (unknown [150.101.94.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA30A37B6B8 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:04:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from PhD_1.testname.com.au (bra@dialup-11.pasa.apana.org.au [203.14.158.140]) by tierzero.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA07808; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:33:47 +1030 (CST) From: Brian Astill Reply-To: bastill@sa.apana.org.au To: Sue Blake , Yong Lim Subject: Function of -newbies Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:22:52 +1030 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Rick Hamell , "SILVER, MICHAEL A" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010210095916.F19976@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20010210095916.F19976@welearn.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01021010304504.02553@PhD_1.testname.com.au> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Sue Blake wrote: > If we don't clutter freebsd-questions with chat, and don't ask > or answer support questions here, they'll leave us alone. We > have a "gentlemen's agreement" from most of the helpers that > they'll keep their noses out of here and let us let off steam > without any wrist slaps or non-newbie points of view. >You must find a > way to make freebsd-questions work for you, because nobody else can > speak for you. Hoo-bloody-rah! A succinct expose of what -newbies should be about, and a contribution to the sort of discussion that SHOULD be taking place here. > I too would support the name change to freebsd-newbies-chat, as I > recommended two years ago. At last feedback it didn't match the > FreeBSD list naming format /sarcasm How very sad sarcasm/ How about FreeBSD-newbiechat ? (too hard?) This list can offer welcome opportunity to discuss such issues as "what about -questions?" and "what sources of info I have found most helpful" and the like. The list title does not relect the list's purpose. -- Regards, Brian ******************************************************** Dr Brian Astill Visiting Research Fellow Flinders University Institute of International Education Bus 8201 3480 FAX 8449 9199 bastill@sa.apana.org.au ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message