Thursday, November 18, 1999, 1:20:55 PM, Bernhard wrote:
> People like Steve Lamb make it so hard for beginners to stay in this list.
Beginners shouldn't really be making suggestions. Furthermore everyone is
a beginner exactly once. I don't like things that are geared for beginners at
the exclusion of those who aren't because of that.
> It is the arrogance of the skilled. As a beginner you just don't dare to
> bring a "silly" problem. And this is not useful for the further spreading of
> this good client. Didn't it happen so often in history of the mind, that
> "idiotic" ideas opened new horizons.
Yes, they did. Normally, though, such ideas aren't ones that are rehashed
and argued over every time a new person comes into the forum. For example...
HTML mail - Just don't do it.
Quoting - Do it properly (interleaved, not all at once)
EMail attachments - Large attachments should be placed somewhere where the
person can retrieve it and the URL to said place send through mail. Email
wasn't meant for file transfers. Don't do it.
These things, among others, are what makes it hard for the experienced
users to stay on this, and other, lists. They are topics that keep coming up
ever 3-6 weeks with the new people.
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