Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 07:00:59 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: cryhavoc@skyinet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: login Message-ID: <19980714070059.27569@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199807030709.AAA00680@ix.netcom.com>; from Thomas Dean on Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 12:09:40AM -0700 References: <359B205C.58D5F0E3@digicron.com> <199807030709.AAA00680@ix.netcom.com>
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On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 12:09:40AM -0700, Thomas Dean wrote: > You will get more help from the mailing list freebsd-newbies. He almost certainly will not. Sorry, you have not given me any clue as to what the original question was, but I assume it was someone asking for help. Freebsd-questions is *the* place to ask questions. Newbies have always been welcomed here, but recently some claimed they were turned away after being directed to -questions. That's not a very good welcome. Thomas, before guessing where to send people you might like to find out more about freebsd-newbies by reading the charter in the handbook (I'm sure you can find that by yourself) and the regular reposting to -newbies found at http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies (where you will also be referred to advice to always quote some of the message to which you are responding so that your email makes sense on its own) and http://www.freebsd.org/newbies.html which helps newbies find the most newbie-relevant documentation quickly. All of these documents clearly distinguish between the roles of -questions and -newbies. In case it is not crystal clear: Freebsd-questions is the one and only place that newbies (and others) go to for help. We usually get quality friendly advice here for which we are very grateful, so we are polite enough to take our general chatter away to our own little space. Freebsd-newbies is to meet and welcome other newbies and discuss among ourselves the general activities and the experience of being a newbie. ==> Support questions are "off-topic" for -newbies. The only thing we answer questions on is how to use the mailing lists and *where* to find help. If you're having trouble with email, feel free to drop in. You don't even need to subscribe. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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