From owner-freebsd-newbies  Tue Feb 20 16:20:30 2001
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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>
To: grog@lemis.com
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	Greg Lehey on Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:57:43 -0500)
Subject: Re: Hello from russia!
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> 
> On Sunday, 18 February 2001 at 19:08:24 -0800, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> >
> > what does Sue Blake, Greg Lehey and the other old timers on the
> > freebsd-newbies list have to say about the name change.
> 
> Sorry, what name change?
> 

	the suggestion is to change from "freebsd-newbies" to
"freebsd-newbieschat" or some name that indicates that newbies is not
a place to ask technical questions.

jmb


> > in part this seems to be a simple matter of people not reading the
> > mail list charter, which is sent to them when they first subscribe:
> >
> >> FREEBSD-NEWBIES
> >>
> >> Welcome to FreeBSD!
> >> This list is a gathering place for people new to FreeBSD.
> >> Please feel free to share your experiences with others on this list.
> >>
> >> Support questions should be sent to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> >> (NOT to the newbies list please)
> >>
> >> Full info and FAK   http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/
> >> Resource list       http://www.freebsd.org/newbies.html
> 
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