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Date:      Sun, 22 Apr 2001 01:34:17 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, kris@FreeBSD.ORG, riccardo@torrini.org, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: misc/26744: Unable to send mail to FreeBSD.org from home and from work
Message-ID:  <20010422013417.A62955@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <00d801c0cb03$ee6f8400$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 01:12:11AM -0700
References:  <20010422004331.A62382@xor.obsecurity.org> <00d801c0cb03$ee6f8400$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>

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On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 01:12:11AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> I sent the FAQ question to faq@freebsd.org some time ago.
> Is this the wrong mailbox for new FAQ questions?

Yes, you should send your PR using send-pr(8) or the web interface.
Emails which are sent to mailing lists tend to get lost; we have the
GNATS database precisely so this kind of thing can be tracked.

> I frankly don't blame the users for complaining about this
> one - deviations from generally used practices should
> always be documented, and (unfortunately) most mailing lists
> on the Internet are still not in any sort of compliance
> with good spamfiltering practices.  While submitting a PR
> is hardly the proper (or tactful) way to fix the documenting
> on this problem, it's certainly a resourceful one, and the submitter
> deserves more than to simply have his is PR closed with an
> explanation in only the PR.

Fine, you've apparently written one for him in the form of your FAQ
patches..thanks.

Kris

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