Time to shut down this list?

[David J. Weller-Fahy]

* Chris Zumbrunn <chris at zumbrunn.com> [2004-12-28 12:20 +0100]:
> On Dec 28, 2004, at 11:45 AM, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote:
> >Please use this list for general problem solving, sharing ideas and
> >moral support. Take specific technical issues to freebsd-questions.
>
> The problem is that newbies tend to think that their technical issues
> are just "general problems" which they have because they are newbies.
> Newbies will still ask on freebsd-newbies because they think their
> problem doesn't qualify as a "specific technical issue".

True, I hadn't thought of that.  Hrm.

> How about something like this:
>
> Please use this list to share your thoughts and experiences with other
> users new to FreeBSD. Send all your questions asking for support and
> problem solving to freebsd-questions at freebsd.org and not to this list.

I like the wording, but was trying to keep it at two lines.  Let me take
a try at rewording:

Please share your thoughts/experiences with other new FreeBSD users here.
Send support or problem solving questions to freebsd-questions at freebsd.org.

I think that conveys all needed information without being too long.

Regards,
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dave [ please don't CC me ]