Greetings from the new Yellow Dog Newbie List Admin!

[AJ Hawks]

> > I have been appointed as the new admin for the YDL Newbies
> > list! We are aware of many of the problems this list has
> > experienced in the last several months, and I am here to
> > address those.
> 
> Welcome! You will find that the Yellow Dog Newbies and General lists are 
> exciting, dynamic, and fun lists, peopled by a great group of folks. We 
> (newbies and more experienced alike) are looking forward to everything 
> you have to offer us.
> 
Thanks :)

> > - We believe we have the list archiving again.
> 
> Excellent!
> 
> > - I have gone through the queue of messages
> >   waiting to be approved.
> 
> There's a queue? I was unaware of that (and I have been following this 
> list for at least six months). Maybe you could explain a little what are 
> the list policies and posting rules (we had been making it up among 
> ourselves for a long time).
> 
I believe the queue contains only messages from unsubscribed addresses.
Most of them are spam, but every now and then someone accidentally posts
from their work address or something, and I need to approve it before it
gets posted. 

> > - I will try to answer any questions I can in my free time.
> 
> That would be great, too! Maybe you could introduce yourself in a little 
> more detail so that we will know what is your expertise, your role in 
> Yellow Dog Linux/Terra Soft, and so on.
> 
Coming soon

> In fact, since this is a newbies list, many problem-ridden posters are 
> brand new to this community. They may not have a good feel for the 
> proper "netiquette," especially as it applies to this list (which tends 
> to be more polite and helpful than average). Maybe you could put 
> together a weekly posting to reminding us of you, your role, and the 
> scope of the list.
> 
I'll see what I can do :)


Thanks for the warm welcome.

-AJ