From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 1 21:30: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B94637B402 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:30:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA44470; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:24:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:24:57 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Rick Hamell Cc: Les Lytollis , "Freebsd-Newbies (E-mail)" Subject: Re: first post In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > I'm trying to search the mailing list archives before I go posting to the > > questions list. > > Can anyone tell me why a search for (e.g) Maxtor returns a resultset no > > problem - but a search for something like an error string ("ad0: READ > > command timeout")or "MAKE DEPEND" returns nothing? > > Everyone.... please, please, please ask questions in > -questions. For those already on the list, please redirect people to > -questions. Do not answer their question here. If we continue to abuse > this group, it'll be removed. > > Rick > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > I as well as others are guilty of answering the occasional question. However, it seems to me this one is well within the charter of the group. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message