From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 19 06:50:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA25411 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:50:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag1p06.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA25383 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:50:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id BAA00368; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:49:12 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:49:12 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: "Oben O. Candemir" cc: Dan Langille , Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , Poseiden , Mourad de Riche , iostreamH , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: RE: FreeBSD IRC channels and ??quality?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Oben O. Candemir wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > > > If you were kicked off for no good reason, see if you can get > > back on. But it depends what you said and to whom. grin > > > > > > Hi Dan, > > Can I begin by complementing you on the Diary site. I got and > installed sendmail 8.9.2 after reading the latter portions of your > experiences. > > Now... I'll assure anyone that the last time I was on the > channel(probably earlier this month) I wasn't kicked but a newbie > who just wanted to ask a couple of questions on whether Windows 98 > and FreeBSD will coexist were abused and kicked after (I believe) a > /msg to someone on the channel. > Yeah.. that stuff ain't right no matter how ya look at it. One of the main reasons I haven't used Efnet in 9 months or so.. > I'm an adult, I understand the need for an 'unwind' channel, and > have been I dare say 'educated' regarding the purpose of #freebsd on > EFNET. And believe me I'm no moral crusader or anything either but > the first contact that people have of 'freebsd' shouldn't IMHO be a > barrage of insults for being lamers. > Ditto on this one.. everyone's gotta start somewhere.. even if they are lamers.. hell, I'm one =P > I have to confess I actually like the banter on the channel and > don't mind the jokes etc. But insulting, calling people wankers etc > is not right. > Agreed. If that ever starts happening on Undernet, I won't be goin in there either. > I noted on your site that, you got some decent help from nameless > on the EFNET channel to that persons credit. That is the sort > of thing I would like to see more often. Your site is an excellent > example of how people can be helped. > > Best Regards > > O Candemir > > > Later, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message