From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Apr 26 01:33:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA17556 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:33:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA17548 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:32:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA19410; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:32:41 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980426183235.52252@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:32:36 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Ken Seggerman Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New to the list References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Ken Seggerman on Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 03:03:51AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 03:03:51AM -0400, Ken Seggerman wrote: > Hello everybody: > > I have had FreeBSD 2.2.2 installed for about six months now, but hadn't > been using it much until I got a new modem. I only joined the questions > mailing list last week. > > Thanks to Sue Blake, I heard about this list. I doubt I would have found > it browsing the FreeBSD.org web site. That'll change soon. The list has been going for a month. The only way that anyone knew about it (someone correct me if I'm wrong) was a single message sent to freebsd-announce when it started. I'm almost surprised there's anyone here at all :-) A few days ago I dropped a couple of hints on the newsgroup and we'll be visible on the web site next week. > I am overwhelmed by the volume of the mail I receive from the > freebsd-questions list. I now have it filtered into its own mailbox, which > I can empty from time to time. I barely have the time to read the titles > of everything that comes in before deleting. I still feel that I might be > missing something that I might be able to use later. > > I suppose I can always ask for help when I need it. I would welcome any > advise or suggestions about managing the information overload. I find the messages I save from freebsd-questions very useful, especially if I save only a few and go through them every now and then and sort them into topic areas. But no need to be too worried about missing something. All of -questions is archived and you can search through it at http://www.freebsd.org/search.html If you feel like playing with software you could install mutt and check out how it sorts mail into threads for delet^H^H^H^H^H reading.I couldn't cope with freebsd-questions any other way now, I'm so hooked on mutt. > Anyway, it's great to be a newbie. Sometimes :-) It's also great to be not the only newbie. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message