From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 6 15:20:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA03777 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:20:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA03770 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:20:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perrya@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA29017; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 08:20:04 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 08:20:04 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew To: Tim Moony cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie's mailing list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Newbies (actually everyone) should check the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.html and also search the archives at http://www.freebsd.org/search.html especially if they haven't been on the list for long and following the problems and solutions as they arrive. the idea of a newbie's list separate from questions has been raised before and while the idea has merits I think that the current system works quite well, there just needs to be greater emphasis on the FAQ and archives. Andrew Perry andrew@shoal.net.au On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Tim Moony wrote: > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 13:49:24 -0700 (PDT) > From: Tim Moony > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Newbie's mailing list > > > I was wondering if there is a need to separate the questions mailing list > from newbie's mailing list. > > Some questions were asked too many times and I propose them to be placed > in the newbie's lists. > > >