On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:19:11 +0100
Tore Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An HTML forum is probably out of the question, but I wish FreeBSD
would at least consider turning the mailing lists into newsgroups -
something like news.mozilla.org - unless someone has a better idea.
You can access the
RW wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:19:11 +0100
Tore Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An HTML forum is probably out of the question, but I wish FreeBSD
would at least consider turning the mailing lists into newsgroups -
something like news.mozilla.org - unless someone has a better idea.
You
Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0100, Tore Lund wrote:
[snip]
I request that this misunderstood piece of etiquette is revised. If
someone has the brains to find this list as well as the brains to use
FreeBSD at all, they also have the brains to come back here to look
Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:30:28 -0400
Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Da Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fair enough, but is it necessary on all the lists for freebsd?
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
That is one man's point of
Tore Lund writes:
An HTML forum is probably out of the question, but I wish FreeBSD
would at least consider turning the mailing lists into newsgroups
- something like news.mozilla.org - unless someone has a better
idea.
There is comp.uinx.bsd.freebsd.misc (I think - been a while
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0100, Tore Lund wrote:
Jonathan McKeown wrote:
[snip]
As regards copying the original recipients, this list specifically requests
it: check the regular posting titled ``how to get best results from
freebsd-questions'', particularly para VII.6.
I
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:25:54 -0400
Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:30:28 -0400
Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Da Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fair enough, but is it necessary on all the lists for freebsd?
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:19:11 +0100, Tore Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0100, Tore Lund wrote:
[snip]
I request that this misunderstood piece of etiquette is revised. If
someone has the brains to find this list as well as the brains to
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
[snip]
We don't accept email only from lurkers. The mailing list is also
advertized as the official place to ask questions in CD-ROMs provided by
vendors, in our documentation, on magazines, conferences, and so on.
The normal thing on all other forums that I have
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:53:54 +0100, Tore Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
[snip]
We don't accept email only from lurkers. The mailing list is also
advertized as the official place to ask questions in CD-ROMs provided by
vendors, in our documentation, on magazines,
There is a touching concern for newbies in all this, which is out
of step with the somewhat edgy aspect of FreeBSD that most of you
seem to embrace in other connections. And the bottom line is that
most newbies end up elsewhere. If making FreeBSD more popular is
a priority, there is long
Da Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fair enough, but is it necessary on all the lists for freebsd?
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
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On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
This may have been suggested or discussed before, but is there a reason
why the reply-to on this list isn't the list itself instead of the
person who posted? Ie reply-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Yes. It is the usual way of doing
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:30:28 -0400
Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Da Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fair enough, but is it necessary on all the lists for freebsd?
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
That is one man's point of view. There are several others though.
--
Jonathan McKeown wrote:
[snip]
As regards copying the original recipients, this list specifically requests
it: check the regular posting titled ``how to get best results from
freebsd-questions'', particularly para VII.6.
I think you mean para VI.6. The gist of that paragraph is a wish to
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0100, Tore Lund wrote:
Jonathan McKeown wrote:
[snip]
As regards copying the original recipients, this list specifically requests
it: check the regular posting titled ``how to get best results from
freebsd-questions'', particularly para VII.6.
I
Hi,
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Tore Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I request that this misunderstood piece of etiquette is revised. If
someone has the brains to find this list as well as the brains to use
FreeBSD at all, they also have the brains to come back here to look for
Dmitry RCL Rekman writes:
I actually did the mistake of subscribing to mailing list,
because I did not know that I would be able to post (and receive
answers) without being subscribed. That resulted in a few tens of
messages not related to the subject I posted about on the very
first
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:07:57 -0400
Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dmitry RCL Rekman writes:
I actually did the mistake of subscribing to mailing list,
because I did not know that I would be able to post (and receive
answers) without being subscribed. That resulted in a few tens
This may have been suggested or discussed before, but is there a reason
why the reply-to on this list isn't the list itself instead of the
person who posted? Ie reply-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Curious...
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On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
This may have been suggested or discussed before, but is there a reason
why the reply-to on this list isn't the list itself instead of the
person who posted? Ie reply-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Because many people who ask
On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 02:58 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
This may have been suggested or discussed before, but is there a reason
why the reply-to on this list isn't the list itself instead of the
person who posted? Ie reply-to:
Da Rock writes:
Because many people who ask questions here are not subscribed to the
list and thus would not see any answers that were sent only to the list.
Well that certainly explains it, but it does surprise me. I thought
you'd have to subscribe to post.
I believe that
--On March 22, 2008 1:10:40 PM +1000 Da Rock
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On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 02:58 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
This may have been suggested or discussed before, but is there a
reason why the reply-to on this list isn't
On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 22:38 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
--On March 22, 2008 1:10:40 PM +1000 Da Rock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 02:58 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
This may have been suggested or discussed
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On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 23:24 -0400, Robert Huff wrote:
Da Rock writes:
Because many people who ask questions here are not subscribed to the
list and thus would not see any answers that were sent only to the list.
Well that certainly explains it, but it does
On Saturday 22 March 2008 06:33, Da Rock wrote:
On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 22:38 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
--On March 22, 2008 1:10:40 PM +1000 Da Rock
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On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 02:58 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
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