Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:01:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: chas <panda@skinnyhippo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adopt a newbie program - Thanks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908272358340.51141-100000@toy.chip-web.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990828040752.00957750@mail.skinnyhippo.com>
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On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, chas wrote: > Person-in-trouble posts a question to the list. > > People who know the answer email him/her directly (NOT broadcast to the list). > > Person-in-trouble sorts out his/her problem then posts the solution > back to the list with a subject line that starts "SUMMARY: " followed > by his/her original question. Disadvantages: 1) a person could get 'bad' answers or advice 2) mail archives would only have the solution(s) if the person bothered to post a SUMMARY. I doubt you could actually _force_ someone to post it if he/she didn't want to, so... --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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