Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 00:01:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: jmb@kryten.atinc.com (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, gary@wcs.uq.oz.au, hsu@freefall.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups Message-ID: <199504250701.AAA05697@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9504242325.H27338-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Apr 24, 95 11:41:08 pm
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> > Gary, > great idea! we can add a couple of commands to majordomo and let > it rip. > > command action > ------------------------------- > subscribe mentors register yourself as a person willing to adopt > new users of FreeBSD > unsubscribe mentors --ahhhhh....no more please. > adopt iamlost@where.am.i adopt this poor soul, all his mail to > hackers and others gets routed to you! > what about questions (or is this just crazy?) > disown iamlost@where.am.i he has learned enough not to ask the > 3c509 -link2 flag question. let him have direct > access to the lists again. > subscribe newusers help me please, i just got my cdrom and i cant > get my 3c509 to work > unsubscribe newusers hey man--back off, i know this thing, give me some > elbow room here. trouble is that if you go on holiday, your students can't send to hackers etc. > > so you offer help by joining mentors, adopt newbies till you reach your > limit then unusbscribe from mentors. release (disown) newbies when they > are ready to stand on their own more or less. an unhappy newbie that > does not like his mentor still send to questions. and request adoption or > subscribe newusers and hope someone will pick him up. cron each night > (week?) matches newbies and mentors, giving each mentor 1 newbie and > removing that newbie from the newusers lists. mail is sent to both the > mentor and the newbie to introduce them to each other. matching needs to take timezones into account! (and possible geographic locality) > > what do you think, gary? this the kinda thing? not bad > > jmb > > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. > | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy > play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 > ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346 > >
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