From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 00:11:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B52316A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:11:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE94943D49 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:11:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian@thekinseys.net) Received: from VAIO ([65.13.29.31]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050417001128.WQGW2063.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@VAIO> for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:11:28 -0400 From: "Brian Kinsey" To: Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:11:18 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcVC4I8MzHVngn8MRo28Q8nuoIWhRAAAPNAQAAAaCLA= Message-Id: <20050417001128.WQGW2063.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@VAIO> Subject: RE: no freebsd-beginners list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:11:29 -0000 Your request to the freebsd-newbies mailing list Subscription request has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: "The freebsd-newbies list is being shut down. Please use freebsd-questions instead." Any questions or comments should be directed to the list administrator at: freebsd-newbies-owner@freebsd.org -----Original Message----- From: Brian Kinsey [mailto:brian@thekinseys.net] Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:10 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: RE: no freebsd-beginners list? I thought that was the one I tried, but I see that the archive has threads from April 2005, so obviously I was wrong. Just sent in my subscription request. Thanks :) -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of James Alexander Cook Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:00 PM To: Brian Kinsey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no freebsd-beginners list? On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 07:30:17PM -0400, Brian Kinsey wrote: > I went to sign up for the freebsd beginners list and got a response that the > list was closed and I should use freebsd-questions instead. It seems to me > that a newbie list would be beneficial to many of us. I see a lot of very > technical questions here and feel that my newbie questions would not be > appreciated, especially since I have not read through the entire handbook > yet (yes, I'm working on it and I do try to use it to answer my own > questions before I post). There is already enough traffic here (I know, my > little rant here doesn't help with that) and I personally think that a list > with newbs helping other newbs and maybe a few of you more advanced people > popping in from time to time to share some tips would make things a bit > easier for some of us to learn. At least then I would be apt to ask more > questions and not be afraid to get a RTFM from the more advanced users. Then > I could also feel that I've made some accomplishment when the newbie list no > longer meets my needs and I can move up to freebsd-questions. Is there > somewhere else I should go, or is this the appropriate place for me? Does it > annoy you guys that have been using FreeBSD for a while to get my newbie > questions taking up room in your mailboxes? > > > > On a side note, I do appreciate that I have not seen as many RTFM replies > here as I saw on the Linux boards when I was trying to learn Linux :-) How about freebsd-newbies? - James Cook james.cook@utoronto.ca