From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 21 05:49:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA01739 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 05:49:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA01731 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:49:49 GMT (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199804211246.IAA10652@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:49:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IRC - #freebsd-newbies invasion? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Redirected to -chat On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > Some newbies are talking about where we should start a #freebsd-newbies IRC > channel, and among other options the FreeBSD IRC server came up. > > I've drifted through a couple of times, and I get the impression you lot > wouldn't want newbies jumping around in there, and I note that the IrcII > port no longer defaults to that server. On the other hand, it might actually > be helpful to have a newbies channel nearby you could send people to. It > would also be mentioned on the Newbies Resources web page. > > What are your thoughts on this? As one who is continously on bsdnet, I personally wouldn't have a problem with it. Hell, yall can have the #FreeBSD channel itself if you want it, it's almost never populated and sees minimal chat. Anyone have a problem with it? -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message