Time to shut down this list?

[Darren Pilgrim]

> From: S Jagger
>  
> I will voice my opinion on this matter.
>  
> The freebsd-newbies list should be an open area for new users to
> FreeBSD. As I read earlier.. people are intimidated by 
> posting to other
> groups.
>  
> This list should be for anything and everything. Questions or
> Suggestions.
>  
> Stefan

The end of this thread contains the phrase, "The charter of this list was
hashed out years ago, is now well-established, works reasonably well and
isn't likely to change much any time soon."

This thread can be expected to cover these additional points:

-  The -questions list has a bug: when a common or newbie non-technical
question is posted, a race condition occurs in which everyone tries to wait
for someone else to answer the question.

-  Those of us who read and answer technical questions posted here are urged
do so with redirection to -questions.  Failure to do so usually results in
careful application of clue-oriented, dimensional wood-products.

-  Also recommended are pointers to additional resources, such as searchable
mailing list archives and pointers to other threads or guides adressing the
queried subject.