Jason Meers wrote: > Why is this list so abusive? > > <rant> People post to this list because they need help and advice. > They are not lazy or selfish, just lost. > > A swift "RTFM" slap across the face has become almost the standard > reply to anyone who knows less than you, this is exim-users not > exim-arrogance or exim-immortals.
I just re-read all of my postings to the exim-users list for 2006. In 92 messages, I used the phrase RTFM exactly twice. The most recent such message was yesterday to Marc Perkel, quite possibly the message that sparked Jason's rant: http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20060417/msg00169.html > How many of you who have previously posted an RTFM reply have NEVER > asked the list for help or advice on a topic that was covered by the > manual? Please stand up and make yourself known, it's easy for us to > check. The only other time I said "RTFM" on this list this year was, ironically, to myself: http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20060109/msg00027.html I'll certainly sleep well tonight. - Marc -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
