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To: Gary Roberts <gary@wcs.uq.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups 
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:22:45 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> I think there are probably a large number of `semi-skilled' users (like
> myself) who love FreeBSD and have developed to the point of having no
> real problems with basic installation and configuration, kernel
> re-building, etc.  We `lurk' on these lists but for whatever reason only
> occasionally enter the discussion or try to help.  The `power' developers
> (and I'm not going to name any names -- we all know who you are) need to be
> freed from having overflowing mailboxes.  If every `lurker' agreed to
> `adopt a newbie' and hold his/her hand until he/she got running, that
> should immediately reduce newbie traffic in both news and mail by
> transferring the traffic from the public lists to private e-mail.  However,

If you manage to make this go, you have my personal nomination for the
Nobel peace prize.  That's all I'm going to say about it! :-)

						Jordan