From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Oct 5 10:44: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5FA37B401 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:44:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nic.upatras.gr (nic.upatras.gr [150.140.129.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC83943E4A for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 13056 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2002 17:37:01 -0000 Received: from upnet-dialinpool-93.upatras.gr (HELO hades.hell.gr) (@150.140.128.161) by nic.upatras.gr with SMTP; 5 Oct 2002 17:37:00 -0000 Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g95E5emm007566; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:05:40 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g95E5ekl007564; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:05:40 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:05:39 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Ceri Davies Cc: Bill Fumerola , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostmaster, the ftp contact? Message-ID: <20021005140539.GG751@hades.hell.gr> References: <20021005003701.GE80284@elvis.mu.org> <20021005105129.GC99605@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021005105129.GC99605@submonkey.net> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-10-05 11:51, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 05:37:02PM -0700, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > can someone please come up with a better way to correct this? > > > > diff -u -r1.242 chapter.sgml > > --- mirrors/chapter.sgml 30 Sep 2002 14:31:08 -0000 1.242 > > +++ mirrors/chapter.sgml 1 Oct 2002 17:49:31 -0000 > > @@ -1042,8 +1042,7 @@ > > USA > > > > > > - In case of problems, please contact the hostmaster > > - hostmaster@FreeBSD.org for this domain. > > + In case of problems, please contact the &a.doc;. > > I think that's making the situation worse. > Being responsible for the DNS, hostmaster@FreeBSD.org should have a much > better idea of which machine is hanging at the end of a CNAME and who's > responsible for it than we will. > > Pointing this at questions@ makes the same amount of sense as using doc@. Hmmm, we don't want people to flood admins at freebsd.org with thousands of email messages asking things like ``What does `host not found mean?'.'' Perhaps point users to -questions and then if their questions cannot be answered because they require administrative information that is not readily available to everyone (which should be a rare case), point them to admins? -- keramida@FreeBSD.org -==- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Wed Oct 2 04:55:42 EEST 2002 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message