From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 27 13:24:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA15378 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:24:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA15277 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:24:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA03638; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:23:45 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980328082342.59557@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:23:42 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Capriotti Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: One step forward.... References: <3.0.32.19691231210000.009b6550@pop.mpc.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19691231210000.009b6550@pop.mpc.com.br>; from Capriotti on Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 05:47:39AM -0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 05:47:39AM -0300, Capriotti wrote: > > > >Anything that covers "how to go about learning" rather than "how to fix the > >problem" sits well in a newbies-only environment, *because* newbies can > >fairly safely help each other on that without being pre-empted by more > >advanced users. > > > > > On the other hand, an experienced user is VERY welcome here, to detect our > dificulties and then kindly require us to move the discussion over to > -questions. They are most welcome to subscribe and watch, just as we can subscribe and watch any list on which our comments would be inappropriate (such as the highly technical ones for developers). But when they subscribe to this mailing list they do so as guests and should not pop up and offer to solve our problems for us in this forum. We need newbies-friendly helpers much more desperately in -questions. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message