ADMIN NOTE: Please read the list rules and guidelines

From: Bill Bradford (mrbill_at_mrbill.net)
Date: 09/16/04

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    Everyone,

    Please read the list rules:

    ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sunmanagers/policy

    and the "How To Post" guidelines:

    ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sunmanagers/before.posting

    Specifically, these sections:

    3: This list is intended to be a quick-turnaround trouble shooting aid
        for those who administer and manage Sun systems. Its primary purpose
        is to provide the Sun manager with a quick source of information for
        system management problems that are of a time-critical nature.

    6: If it is not specifically related to Sun system management, then it
        does NOT belong on this list. Requests for vendor recommendations
        are tolerated, provided that the hardware in question is something that
        system managers normally purchase.

    10: Read the appropriate manuals BEFORE posting, including the "Read
        This First" documents. Oftentimes the manuals contain answers for
        common problems.

    13: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...Think before you send a message! Ask yourself
        "is this really appropriate?" There are enough other newsgroups
        and mailing lists around to cover the marginal topics. Perhaps there
        is another forum that is more appropriate? Check the list of Sun
        specific newsgroups included in the FAQ. Perhaps your message would
        be more appropriate there?

    and:

            In particular, the following kinds of postings are not appropriate:
            - Postings not related to Sun equipment or software. Use the
              appropriate newsgroup or mailing list instead. For example,
              if your question concerns "sendmail", please consult the
              comp.mail.sendmail newsgroup or the www.sendmail.org website.
            - General UNIX or network questions. Use the appropriate newsgroup,
              eg. comp.unix.questions instead.
            - Postings that are not time-critical. Use one of the Sun newsgroups,
              eg. comp.sys.sun.admin, comp.sys.sun.hardware or comp.unix.solaris.
            - Questions answered in the FAQ. Read the FAQ instead. If you're
              not sure if the question is in the FAQ, please check before asking.
              You can find the FAQ at:
                    ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sunmanagers/faq
            - Questions that are answered in the manuals, answerbook, or system
              documentation. Read the manuals instead. If you're not sure if
              the question is answered in the manuals, please check first!
            - Job postings, requests for jobs, sales pitches, etc. Use the
              appropriate newsgroup instead.

    I've been seeing way too many "basic system administration" questions
    posted lately that can be easily solved by reading manual pages, using
    search engines, or just plain common sense.

    This is NOT a mailing list for basic system administration help (or answers
    to your homework) - this is a resource for quick-turnaround answers to
    time-critical system administration issues. "how do I use tar" is NOT a
    time-critical system administration issue, for example.

    I don't want to start unsubscribing people who obviously haven't bothered
    to read the list policy or do ANY research on their question(s) at all before
    posting, but if this trend continues, it may come to that.

    Bill 

    -- 
bill bradford
austin texas
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