From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 4 8:21:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216A037B403 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:21:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alexdimauro@worldnet.att.net) Received: from dreams3 ([12.84.4.226]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010604152111.GXST8745.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@dreams3> for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:21:11 +0000 Message-ID: <002201c0ed09$a54b7bd0$28fefea9@electronicdreams.com> From: "Alexander DiMauro" To: Subject: Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:18:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001F_01C0ECDF.B99CB150" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C0ECDF.B99CB150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could someone please clarify something? Here is a quote from the FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit: "FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG is the place to send all questions about installing, configuring, running and using FreeBSD. All help requests are handled by FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions. =20 FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for help or answer how-to questions. It is a discussion forum for newbies." And now, here is a quote from FreeBSD-Questions: "FREEBSD-QUESTIONS User questions This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You should not send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless you consider the question to be pretty technical." So, the newbies list says not to send "how-to" questions but to do it in = freebsd-questions. And, the freebsd-questions list says not to send = "how-to" questions. They seem to contradict eachother. I'm confused, can = anyone clarify, please? Thanks, Alex ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C0ECDF.B99CB150 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Could someone please clarify=20 something?
 
Here is a quote from the FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid=20 Kit:
"FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.O= RG is=20 the place to send all questions about
   installing, = configuring,=20 running and using FreeBSD. All help requests
   are handled = by=20 FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions.
   =
  =20 FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for help or answer=20 how-to
   questions. It is a discussion forum for = newbies."
 
And now, here is a quote from=20 FreeBSD-Questions:
 
"FREEBSD-QUESTIONS        &n= bsp;     =20 User questions
This is the mailing list for questions about = FreeBSD. =20 You should not
send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless = you=20 consider the
question to be pretty technical."
 
So, the newbies list says not to send = "how-to"=20 questions but to do it in freebsd-questions. And, the freebsd-questions = list=20 says not to send "how-to" questions. They seem to contradict eachother. = I'm=20 confused, can anyone clarify, please?
 
Thanks,
Alex
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