Newbies list (was: Re: Drivers floppy for FreeBSD 4.10 - Need xl(4) driver to do FTP install...from floppies)

[Joshua Tinnin]

On Saturday 17 July 2004 07:21 am, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." 
<kdk at daleco.biz> wrote:

> First off, I'll cover my butt:  This is the "newbies"
> list, not the "questions" list, so you should really
> send your questions over there, where you'll have
> a much better chance of getting an answer (it might
> even be correct!)

I've noticed this is a very frequent misunderstanding here. The term "newbies" 
implies that people new to FreeBSD would find some help on the list. It's 
difficult to determine how useful a list is for newbies which just offers 
moral - not technical - support, but I like the idea anyway. Perhaps this 
would be better as a moderated list, with an auto-ack that has a brief FAQ 
about the purpose of the list? It's low traffic enough that it wouldn't be 
difficult. Heck, I'll even offer to help moderate it (I have experience), but 
the technical aspects of setting it to work that way, though simple, would 
have to be handled by the list owner.

Is this a silly suggestion, or does anyone else think a moderated list would 
work better?

- jt