Re: Time to shut down this list?

From: Nikolas Britton (freebsd_at_nbritton.org)
Date: 12/24/04

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    Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:52:26 -0600
To: sub01@freeode.co.uk

    John Murphy wrote:

    >I certainly agree. The freebsd mailing list search rarely seems to provide
    >useful answers and, as the google mailing.freebsd search has disappeared, the
    >need to improve it is greater than before. In the mean time a google search
    >of docs.freebsd.org (phrase to search site:docs.freebsd.org) helps.
    >
    >
    This will fix all your googling problems, bookmark it on your toolbar:
    http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?&as_ugroup=*.freebsd.*

    >
    >
    >If the main fear is that newbie
    >answers are sometimes misleading/incorrect then this could be fixed by
    >convincing a few of the kind souls who man the questions list to also
    >subscribe to this one.
    >
    >
    This is a good idea, they can use a hands off approach and if a "newbie"
    gives bad advice they can step in and set things strait and also advise
    when questions should be sent to questions.

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