Hi Tom, The email you replied to was addressing someone else's comments, not yours.
-Jim P. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Whiting > > </lurkermode> > There was NOTHING wrong with the reply whatsoever. Telling > someone to RTFM is > a rather generous reply, given the question itself. In fact it is > a rather > NICE reply, compared to some I've seen. > > Threatening to leave the list? What on earth for? Because someone wrote a > reply you didn't like or understand? I simply told him to read the %$W#^ > manual. Hell, I GAVE 'im the support and whatnot he needed to solve the > problem, as WELL as telling him to read the manual, which is MORE > than I've > seen most do. > > Instead of threatening to leave the list because you got yourself > offended, > and starting a flame war that could go on and on and on forever, > why not just > leave. Or better yet, STAY and help out. Either way, one user, to > a list of > (probably) hundreds makes little difference, unless that user is > an active > poster. > > Do I make stupid statements, ask stupid questions? I've been using > linux/various mta's for going on 7 years (not meant as a bragging > statement, > it just is a fact). In that time, I've found that rather than > actually do the > work to help themselves (utilizing search engines, reading manuals, etc), > individuals would rather post problems such as the one that was > posted, then > run to a community supported list, crying, because they failed to > read the > manual, or do a little legwork and find out the solution to their problem. > > When I encounter a problem that has NOT been publicly solved, or > can not be > solved through searching the vast library of the internet, THEN I post > something, requesting help. It's REALLY not that hard to do the > same thing. > > In short, most (if not all) problems can be solved by searching > various search > engines, FAQ's, utilizing the RTFM principle. Failing to do so > simply wastes > more of the community's time. > <lurkermode> > > On Thursday 08 August 2002 03:18 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > OK, If that is a acceptable reply to anyone on the list than I > > may consider leaving. Isn't everyone here an adult? > > > > Please people, think before you post. > > > > -Jim P. > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
