My conclusion is that you should work on your skills related to asking a technical question. No, one doesn't need to know the answer to a question to be able to formulate a question about it. Sometimes that even hinders the process. I'm still learning about Exchange daily, and still ask the odd technical question in this forum and others. Some of them could probably be phrased better, and on occasion I've even been spanked for one reason or another.[1]
Since you asked, let's look at your question and see how it could have been improved: > I am trying to find some kind of documentation on the > different levels of logging in the 'diagnostics logging' tab > of the IMC (Exchange 5.5). I am trying to find out what is > logged at the different levels for all the categories. > (Initialization/Termination, Addressing, Message Transfer, > SMTP Interface Events, Internal Processing, SMTP Protocol > Log, and Message > Archival) My revised version: I've been looking on the web and the Exchange help files for documentation[2] of the different levels of logging related to the diagnostics tab of the IMC (Exchange 5.5)[3]. Does anyone know if there is a document on the web[4] which details what is logged at the different levels? (Init .... Archival) If so, could you please provide a link?[6] /Some/ of what you are looking for is documented, but a complete and comprehensive document is not available. In response to the above question you might have gotten links to some of the information along with a suggestion to test for the rest. If /I/ were asking the question, I might have included information on why I was looking for the information. General curiosity isn't one of the reasons I generally do Exchange research though unfortunately. However, including that information would help prevent someone from pondering why you wanted it and perhaps presenting other peripheral (and incorrect) solutions based on assumptions the reader made. [1] I am still grateful to a firewall admin of mine who made me read RFC821 before he's answer anymore of my SMTP related questions. The bastard. [2] Shows what you have already done in this regard. Saves you (hopefully) from receiving an answer of STFW or RTFM in the event you simply missed it. [3] You included the Exchange version and specific tab which was nice. [4] A query for pre-existing documentation.[5] [5] Since I've seen people ask questions where the underlying assumption was someone will whip up a 12 page treatise on a subject, it's a nice touch. [6] Saves you from someone simply answering "yes" to the question "Does anyone know.." > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Rojas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:25 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: IMC Logging Levels? (take 2) > > > So what is your conclusion Chris? Should I first learn > everything I need to know before I ask a question so that my > question can be accurately written? Wouldn't that mean that I > wouldn't have to ask the question? I am confused. That > question was properly phrase relative to my knowledge of > Exchange. I can see how to you it would be poorly phrase but > you don't seem to remember that we all start out as "newbies" > to exchange, even you. How did you learn? Did you do > everything on your own? If you did, I admire that. I am more > likely to bet that you asked question along the way. Just > because your knowledge of Exchange is where I want to get my > knowledge level doesn't mean that you have to look down on > the little people...or does it? I wouldn't know because I > haven't got there yet... _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
