From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 27 21:41:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA04645 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 21:41:08 -0800 (PST) (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 VAA04639 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 21:40:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA04969; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:40:42 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980328164039.09786@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:40:39 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Ben Ostrowsky Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rant: What are we? References: <19980328142134.33048@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Ben Ostrowsky on Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 12:04:05AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 12:04:05AM -0500, Ben Ostrowsky wrote: > Bravo, and well said. You've just explained why we newbies should be > doing what they want to do without interference, which includes asking > and answering newbie-type questions, and chatting about list policy. I think you overlooked that the definition is based on activities, not social division, and that no two lists are to duplicate an activity as far as possible. I have never refused to discuss list policy with newbies, but I've always resisted the influences of non-newbies and will continue to do so. Please be clear that you're tying two things together here: newbies questions, and the purpose of this list. They are not necessarily related. Your concern seems more centred around getting technical support, am I right? You seem to be saying you would like to see a place where technical questions could be asked and answered, but only ever the questions of newbies? Is that your way of saying you have some problem with posting to freebsd-questions? Because if it is, we should address that here as a problem faced by a newbie. Please tell us about it. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message