From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 23:50:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA11230 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:50:54 -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 XAA11224 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:50:49 -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 SAA06541; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:20:31 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA04999; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:20:31 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980301182030.14942@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:20:30 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: zjhh2@etsu.edu Cc: Sue Blake , Mark Mayo , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from James on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 02:18:38AM -0500 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 2:18:38 -0500, James wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 17:56:47 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: >>> Of course, this relates to just one idea of what a newbies' list might be. >> >> It'll be interesting to see what comes of it. I think the more >> experienced people should also be asked to shut up and not participate >> (though they could be allowed to lurk). > > Also for easy expert opinions should questions arise. Nothing wrong with > a friendly experienced person adding to traffic as long as the focus is > clearly directed towards newbies. Hmmm. I see part of the raison d'être of this group as being a place where the newbies can discuss amongst themselves. They know they can get help from -questions if that's what they want. On the other hand, I suppose, something should be done to avoid incorrect information being passed around, but that should be done as gently as possible. I don't think any other kind of unsolicted answer should come from those "in the know". Sue, as long as you haven't lost interest, could you maybe be the medium for dissemination of such corrections? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message