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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:22:24 -0800
From:      "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org>
To:        "'S Jagger'" <stefan@thinki.co.uk>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Time to shut down this list?
Message-ID:  <001001c4e95f$6b30c620$142a15ac@spud>
In-Reply-To: <021c01c4e957$2e23a110$1086aa0a@fred>

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> From: S Jagger
> =20
> I will voice my opinion on this matter.
> =20
> The freebsd-newbies list should be an open area for new users to
> FreeBSD. As I read earlier.. people are intimidated by=20
> posting to other
> groups.
> =20
> This list should be for anything and everything. Questions or
> Suggestions.
> =20
> Stefan

The end of this thread contains the phrase, "The charter of this list =
was
hashed out years ago, is now well-established, works reasonably well and
isn't likely to change much any time soon."

This thread can be expected to cover these additional points:

-  The -questions list has a bug: when a common or newbie non-technical
question is posted, a race condition occurs in which everyone tries to =
wait
for someone else to answer the question.

-  Those of us who read and answer technical questions posted here are =
urged
do so with redirection to -questions.  Failure to do so usually results =
in
careful application of clue-oriented, dimensional wood-products.

-  Also recommended are pointers to additional resources, such as =
searchable
mailing list archives and pointers to other threads or guides adressing =
the
queried subject.




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