ADMIN NOTE: Please read the list rules and guidelines

From: Bill Bradford (mrbill@mrbill.net)
Date: Thu Sep 16 2004 - 10:30:15 EDT


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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