Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:58:55 -0600 (MDT) From: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> To: Alexander DiMauro <alexdimauro@worldnet.att.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10106041218590.3164-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> In-Reply-To: <002201c0ed09$a54b7bd0$28fefea9@electronicdreams.com>
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Alexander DiMauro wrote: > Could someone please clarify something? Sure. Newbies sticks to a relatively stupid policy. Always has. Welcome to Free BSD, Alex. (And don't let ridiculous policies ruin the OS for you. It really _is_ great.) ML Duke > Here is a quote from the FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit: > > "FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG is the place to send all questions about > installing, configuring, running and using FreeBSD. All help requests > are handled by FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions. > > FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for help or answer how-to > questions. It is a discussion forum for newbies." > > And now, here is a quote from FreeBSD-Questions: > > "FREEBSD-QUESTIONS User questions > This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You should not > send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless you consider the > question to be pretty technical." > > So, the newbies list says not to send "how-to" questions but to do it in freebsd-questions. And, the freebsd-questions list says not to send "how-to" questions. They seem to contradict eachother. I'm confused, can anyone clarify, please? > > Thanks, > Alex > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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