From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jun 16 12:47:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08969 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:47:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08938 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:47:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup535.serv.net [207.207.70.100]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA29392; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:47:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980616123420.007ede10@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:34:20 -0700 To: Sue Blake From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: Pine and Pico Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980617002803.07527@welearn.com.au> References: <3.0.5.32.19980615232720.007f66f0@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980615232720.007f66f0@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I appreciate your attitude on this, but: (1) My question was so simple I was sure it has been asked before. (2) There are hundreds of questions a day being asked and answered in that newsgroup (I should know, I was subscribed to it for exactly half a day), one or two from me a week isn't going to contribute much of anything, unless they're very esoteric and technical questions that have likely not been asked before. At 12:28 AM 6/17/98 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 11:27:20PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: >> >> Emails directly to me, not to the list if you wanna answer (ducking for >> plate thrown by Sue because I asked a question ;-) > >So why did you ask it like that? :-) If you want to know something, you >can bet that others are hanging around freebsd-questions or the >-questions archives hoping to see those kinds of answers. If you're not >careful you'll get a reputation for demanding one-to-one hand-holding >which will reflect badly on all of us. > >Asking a question, any question, in freebsd-questions is making a >contribution back to the community. -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message