From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 15 19:58:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA16509 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:58:03 -0700 (PDT) (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 TAA16434 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:57:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA11665; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:57:42 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980616125739.20591@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:57:39 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Tim Gerchmez Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: test it up your nose References: <19980615135818.A515@oaep.go.th> <19980615175049.19948@welearn.com.au> <3.0.5.32.19980615185545.007ff930@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980615185545.007ff930@mx.serv.net>; from Tim Gerchmez on Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 06:55:45PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 06:55:45PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > > Chill out, Sue... :-) That wasn't delicate at all. And maybe nobody wants > to read your letter telling him to stop posting test messages any more than > reading his test message. This should have gone to him personally and not > to the list, IMO. OK, it was over the top with reason. A bit of explanation. It was addressed to the _several_ people who have already posted test messages, and the several hundred who are about to say "gee, that looks like a good idea, I'll try it myself, just one..." As for my statement about being slammed here being better than elsewhere, here's what FreeBSD's postmaster looks like in other lists when he's being more delicate than me: please, never use any list but freebsd-test for test messages. if you use any of the regular lists, you may be removed from the FreeBSD mailing lists. As far as I can tell none of the newbies who posted test messages here have been removed from all FreeBSD lists, yet. Nor had anyone pointed to the rules which everyone is assumed to have read, yet. The type of reaction you might get from regular list members in other lists would make my earlier tirade sound like a mother's kiss. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message