John, Speaking only for myself, I did not write to criticize your post. Rather, I responded to David with a view to the general and chronic problems which surface almost daily on this list. It just happened that my reply had the same thread/subject line but I can assure you that I did not have you nor anybody else in mind.
I understand that there are many experienced admins on this great list and that they participate out of the goodness of their heart despite time constraints and your reply is well taken. (Better point the requestor to the archives than doing nothing.) My point -- which is rather moot by now -- is that even a well-meaning reply often confuses newcomers as they are not always aware of the KB and archives. Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tolmachoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:23 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Archive Searching I agree with David and Guy and others that it can be difficult to search the archives. However, in the case of someone asking about hardware that is discussed on a almost weekly basis, asking on a Friday afternoon and knowing that others may not be around on the weekend to properly respond to his post, instead of leaving him hanging and waiting until Monday when others could properly respond, and myself having little time to write out a explanatory response to help him, I pointed him at the archives where I know on this subject it would be easy to find information. (BTW, it has taken 30 minutes to write this between doing things at home.) To the ones who were upset at my post, I have dully noted that no one offered the information he was looking for. I was trying to help in a short amount of time. John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA IT Manager, Network Engineer RelianceSoft, Inc. Fullerton, CA 92835 www.reliancesoft.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
