Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 07:16:22 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Ganesh Kumar <alganesh@m-net.arbornet.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: subscribe Message-ID: <3D4F5BA6.8040206@401.cx> References: <20020805024653.N93736-100000@m-net.arbornet.org>
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Ganesh Kumar wrote: > I think, we can include a web-interface in the site freebsd.org with a > drop-down for the various lists and a "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" > botton. > > Wont this solve this kinda problems in future ? > > > cheers > Ganesh Kumar A great idea, and very easy to implement. Someone call webmaster. > On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Scott Robbins wrote: > > >>On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 03:25:32AM +0200, Andreas Ntaflos wrote: >> >>>This seems to happen very often lately.... >>> >>>Quoting the handbook: >>>------------ >>>C.1.2 How to Subscribe >>> >>>To subscribe to a list, send mail to <majordomo@FreeBSD.org> and >>>include >>> >>> subscribe <listname> [<optional address>] >> >> >>As I'm sure everyone cares what I think about this :) >> >>Seriously, I co-moderate a few newbie Linux lists and have made a faq >>for them. I have several stock messages that I'll insert in an answer, >>depending upon their offence, but basically coming down to, you received >>a link to a faq when you joined this list, your question is answered >>there, blah blah. >> >>Today, with a bit of reluctance, I added the question, as it's become a >>Frequently Asked one of how does one get to a command prompt. >> >>I think that MS has made some poor marketing decisions, and this is >>pushing a lot of people to try Linux and *BSD. Some of these people >>simply run into problems because, for example, they go to >>www.freebsd.org and English isn't their first language, and perhaps >>their language isn't listed. >> >>Some are well-meaning and just need to be taught. And some, of course, >>are just plain lazy. >> >>Computers are becoming more and more common, and therefore, there is >>going to be an influx of less computer-literate people. I suppose this >>discussion belongs on advocacy, but anyway, that's my answer to your >>question. :) As computer use grows, the number of less computer >>literate folks who use one also grows. As MS becomes more unpopular, >>and people look for alternatives, the number of folks who know very >>little but try to use Linux or *BSD increases. We can throw up our >>hands in disgust, welcome all of them, or try to deal with it as >>individuals on a case by case basis. How we deal with it is DEFINITELY >>a question for advocacy rather than questions, but... >> >>Anyway, sorry for a bit of a waste of bandwidth, but it is a subject >>that has been on my mind lately. >> >>-- >>Scott >> >> >>Willow: Diana, Hecate, I hereby license thee to depart. >>Goddess of creatures great and small, I conjure thee to withdraw >>Amy: (squeak) >>Buffy: Maybe we should get her one of those wheel thingies. >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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