From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 9 23:59:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (unknown [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5641737B4EC for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 23:59:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA36825; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:07:25 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:07:21 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <20010210190719.H19976@welearn.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Ted Mittelstaedt , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010209171114.A1291@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> <001801c0932d$94384160$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <001801c0932d$94384160$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from Ted Mittelstaedt on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 10:49:13PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 10:49:13PM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Frankly, and I sure hope that I speak for everyone, I've > always welcomed thoughtful questions from anyone on any > FreeBSD-related topic, that were asked by a user of any level, > who had taken the trouble to read the documentation on > the website. Just to clarify, I think you're referring to posts to freebsd-questions. This is an example of the attitude of the majority of people who offer help on freebsd-questions. We are very lucky to have such capable volunteer supporters who are open to all kinds of questions. In any group of over a thousand people, you're bound to get an off reply occasionally. That experience can make it difficult to realise how good the majority are. Thanks Ted, and others. > I've personally always felt that with the exception of a > little humor now and then to lighten things up, that it's > not productive to post metadiscussion to mailing lists > or newsgroups. (a metadiscussion is > a discussion about a discussion for those that don't know) Yes, everyone seems to feel like that, except when they are newbies. Fortunately we have the freebsd-newbies list where newbies can engage in what you call metadiscussion without impinging on the other lists. > Posters that need guidance should be sent a polite e-mail > steering them to the appropriate forum, and if we start getting > too many of them a general e-mail should be sent out that > explains the charter of the list. Many lists do this > automatically once a month. Actually, freebsd-newbies sends one out automatically once a week. So does freebsd-questions. People still ask for it to be sent more often, but I think that would be excessive. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message