From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 14:24:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697B2106564A for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4368FC16 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:24:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwd20 with SMTP id 20so3306233wwd.31 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:24:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.157.17 with SMTP id z17mr712936wbw.142.1290090292536; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:24:52 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.227.145.133 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:24:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:24:51 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0-og-_sC5ozI1v0lu8w_s6icKVM Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Mohsen Mostafa Jokar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thanks. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:24:55 -0000 On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Mohsen Mostafa Jokar wrote: > Hello. > Thank you very much. > I want make a new community of FreeBSD for my country, i think i must serve > a domain like you tell me. I admire your enthusiasm but you have to do your homework before you post again. Understand this: Your community is independent from the FreeBSD project it will have no direct connection with FreeBSD.org except for the fact that they just ___might___ list you in the usergroups and mailing list pages, probably once you have demonstrated that your community deserves it. You will have to set-up you own mailing list server (I suggest mailman), and people will subscribe to that list with their own e-mails just like you did to this list. You will not have a mail account with freebsd.org unless you become a long-term and proven collaborator of the project, and even then it's unlikely that you will get such a mail or even need one, and really it's not the goal of the great majority of collaborators in any Open Source project. >From your questions I think you have a lot to read before attempting to form a community. Community building is from the ground-up, it's not like you put a server on the Internet and it happens magically overnight and you become famous. On the contrary, it will be a very hard and usually not appreciated by anyone, nor it will gain you any recognition in the short term. I suggest that before you do anything, just attempt to contact the other FreeBSD users in your community and have a face-to-face meeting to discuss the formation of the Iranian BSD community. Maybe in your university or other universities and institutes you can gain enough mass and interest. Contact the person that owns freebsd.ir and ask him what his plans are with the domain. If you are able to round up these people in person I'm sure that within those meetings you will find many of the answers to your questions. > if i serve a domain, second step what is it? > i want have a email account with freebsd.org like users in this page > http://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html That is just a list of the mailing lists in languages other than English, but each one is maintained independently from the FreeBSD project. > what should i do? > I thankful if you guide me. Contact every FreeBSD user you can find and have a meeting in person. Discuss with them your ideas and be prepared for a lot of hard work. Contact the people at IRNIC (nic.ir I copied their info below), I am sure that people in their IT department will guide you with this. Their Web site uses Apache 2.2.3 on CentOS, so they are probably familiar with Open Source and may direct you to other Open Source communities which will most probably help you and guide you in making your FBSD community there. Using a simple google search I found that on February 3rd, 2010 Abbas Farahmand posted on the FreeBSD forums about translating to Persian, he will surely be of help and will most likely support your cause: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=65925#post65925 Here is the info of your local NIC domain: nic.ir ascii: nic.ir remarks: (Domain Holder) Dot-IR (.ir) ccTLD Registry, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM) remarks: (Domain Holder Address) Shahid Bahonar (Niavaran) Sq., Tehran, Tehran, IR org: Dot-IR (.ir) ccTLD Registry, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM) e-mail: info@nic.ir address: Shahid Bahonar (Niavaran) Sq., Tehran, Tehran, IR phone: +98 21 2229 0306 fax-no: +98 21 2229 5700 source: IRNIC # Filtered nic-hdl: as51-irnic person: Alireza Saleh e-mail: alireza@mini.nic.ir source: IRNIC # Filtered