Newbie Question - about newbie user support

[David Wolfskill]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Passive PROFITS wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> First post to any FreeBSD list; be gentle! ;)
> 
> Where would be the right place to go looking to
> subscribe to a newbie level user-support list? 
> Perhaps rephrased 'complete newbie user support list'
> ... LOL
>...

We used to have a freebsd-newbies list, but folks tended to use it for
posts that ought to have gone to freebsd-questions, with a resulting bit
of confusion.

At this point, freebsd-questions is my recommendation for a default
place to post questions about FreeBSD and using it; perhaps we should
consider re-wording the "charter" for -questions to be less
intimidating.

Naturally, you should be prepared to redirect a message thread to a more
appropriate (likely, more focused) list -- e.g., if you have a question
about a specific use of IPFW, the freebsd-ipfw list wouold likely be
better than -questions.

One suggestion:  read through archived posts before you post.  You may
well find what you need without needing to post at all.

Peace,
david   (postmaster, but not really wearing that hat now)
-- 
David H. Wolfskill				david at catwhisker.org
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