From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 31 02:31:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA16437 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 02:31:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.110]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA16418 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 02:31:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id CAA01319; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 02:32:44 -0800 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 02:32:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Brian Queen cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: replies to list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, Brian Queen wrote: > I frequently see questions people ask that I would like to know the > answer to, but I never see the answer on the list. > > I suspect the questions are being answered, but via private email. > > For the benefit of students like myself, would it be OK to post the > answers to the list unless there is a pressing privacy issue? Yes, please do! This also lets us know that the question was answered. Take this response, for example. > This will also increase the utility of the mailing list archives which > currently have many good questions without the answers. Indeed. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major