From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 2 00:49:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA06953 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 00:49:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06880 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 00:49:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA08000; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:19:06 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id TAA10424; Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:19:05 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980302191905.52913@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:19:05 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Annelise Anderson , Sue Blake Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980302172511.58160@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Annelise Anderson on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 10:55:16PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 22:55:16 -0800, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > > I don't know if the mailing list is a good idea or not. I do not > think you can expect the talent that informs freebsd=questions to > read another mailing list. I don't think that was the intention. The way I understand it, Sue is targetting the people who are somewhat daunted by the level of -questions, and who either lurk or just plain give up because they can't understand what's going on. Consider -questions the school and -newbies the kindergarten. > Greg Lehey seems to think it should be blessed by freebsd.org et.al. > However, I'd be willing to host the mailing list on my computer if > someone else wants to run the mailing list, i.e., handle the subscribe/ > unsubscribe/bounce messages. (That person would be its owner.) I haven't > done this--I have one mailing list that I handle directly--but I think > I could figure it out. I think things like this work much better if they're handled in a uniform manner. I don't think that anybody would begrudge the CPU power it takes to run a list like this, and a "private" list is more likely to be overlooked. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message