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In addition to the extensive comments you've already gotten from Max
Laier, I'd like to provide one comment...

Passive PROFITS <passiveprofits@yahoo.com> writes:

> The only 'official' list seems to be this:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> But it starts off with the rather intimidating phrase
> "You should not send "how to" questions to the
> technical lists unless you consider the question to be
> pretty technical."

Freebsd-questions is *not* considered a technical list
in that statement.  When in doubt, it is the *first*
place to ask your question.