right, but then you could moderate the qmail-arch list, and leave the
qmail-newbies list open. (i'm cribbing of the freebsd lists; the freebsd-arch
list gets virtually no static, near as i can tell).
On Tue, 01 May 2001, denis wrote:
> Alas, so very true....
>
> Jeremy Suo-Anttila wrote:
>
> > if you break it up then the newbies will just post to both lists.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dan.kelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 1:58 PM
> > To: Brett Randall; Charles Cazabon
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: slow smtp connection
> >
> > or how about breaking up the list to qmail-newbiesand qmail-arch, or
> > somthing
> > similar? i know this has been suggested before.
> >
> > dan
> >
> > On Tue, 01 May 2001, Brett Randall wrote:
> > > >>>>> "Charles" == Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > A note to potential qmail newbies: we'll help you. Honestly. You
> > > > just have to promise to do your homework, give it an honest try
> > > > before asking for help, and to post good problem reports (detailing
> > > > what you did, what the system did, and what you thought it was going
> > > > to do instead, with complete logs and contents of control files).
> > > > If you're not willing to promise that much, you will receive nothing
> > > > but beatings for your pains, in this list, or anywhere else in life
> > > > for that matter.
> > >
> > > Why isn't this type of message in the qmail-subscribe auto-generated
> > > reply? I have suggested this many times myself, and seen many other
> > > people suggest it as well. Simply pointing out this kind of thing and
> > > linking to the major sources of documentation would save a bundle of
> > > time and emotion. Of course, one could also point out that having the
> > > list message-moderated with a couple of good moderators in a couple of
> > > opposing timezones would significantly increase the signal to noise
> > > ratio.
> > > --
> > > "Pascal, n.: A programming language named after a man who would turn over
> > > in his grave if he knew about it."
> > >
> > > - The Chartered Institution of C Programmers
