From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 23:57:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12011 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:57:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12004; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:57:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA06552; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:27:07 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA05039; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:27:06 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980301182706.49851@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:27:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: John Birrell , Sue Blake Cc: zjhh2@etsu.edu, mark@vmunix.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980301181929.41719@welearn.com.au> <199803010743.SAA04574@cimlogic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803010743.SAA04574@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 06:43:54PM +1100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 18:43:54 +1100, John Birrell wrote: > Sue Blake wrote: >> Yeah, maybe it would be more usefully presented as a newbies chat list, >> so as to avoid reliance on it for answers and to invite chat. > > So now you've talked your way around to this list. Why not just use it? No! This list is for people who know FreeBSD. Sure, it's chat, but it's a different kind of discussion. I don't think most of the regulars here would like to get involved in endless discussions about why you can't download a floppy with Netscrape. >> Hmm, I'm thinking that it's easier to communicate in a space that you own >> (as a newbie) rather than one where you're a guest, and a few too clever >> people could take that feeling away. > > Then you'll need to host your own list and invite others to post to it. > If you can do that, then you're probably no longer a newbie so you > might have to stop using your own list. 8-) Well, I have my doubts about Sue's claim to being a newbie, too, but maybe we should put her in the category of "experienced newbie". But if this idea is going to fly, it should fly the FreeBSD flag. Jonathan, are you listening? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message