From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Nov 28 12: 2: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C13137B419 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:02:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fASK1rC17041; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:01:53 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2001112821014085:1295 ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:01:40 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fASK7wB84207; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:07:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:07:58 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Kevin Golding Cc: Mike Whalen , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The correct places to ask these questions... Message-ID: <20011128210758.G26507@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Golding , Mike Whalen , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org References: <32809607223.20011127214935@writermike.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 11/28/2001 09:01:40 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 11/28/2001 09:01:55 PM, Serialize complete at 11/28/2001 09:01:55 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:35:11 +0000 > To: Mike Whalen > Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org > From: Kevin Golding > Subject: Re: The correct places to ask these questions... > > In message <32809607223.20011127214935@writermike.com>, Mike Whalen > writes > >After reading the charter for questions and newbies, I got the > >impression that newbies wasn't a place for technical discussion... but > >is it? > > Not really. People place different values on the charters but as a rule > it's wise to pay attention to them. If you ask a technical question > here there's a reasonable chance it will get answered, the list isn't > just absolute beginners, but then you'll also probably get told you > should have asked on -questions. Certainly it's a better place to get > results from, whereas -newbies is a good place to find out about > how/what to ask. My experience shows that the name is a misnomer. Newbies do ask technical questions in this list, because they fear those questions are too stupid to bother "the powers that be" on the "technical" lists. The reality is that no question is too dumb. If you let the people on the list know what you have done so far, what were the results, etc., you'll get an answer. BTW, this is an excellent guide to using technical mailing lists: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 9:01PM up 36 days, 7:44, 22 users, load averages: 0.15, 0.07, 0.05 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message