On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:36:25AM -0600, David Champion wrote:
> * On 25 Jan 2013, s. keeling wrote:
> > Incoming from horseriver:
> > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 02:17:27PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > > * horseriver <[email protected]> [01-25-13 13:24]:
> > > > > Would mutt call default mail delivery agent when startup?
> > > >
> > > > mutt reads mail
> > > > mda delivers mail
> > > > mta transfers mail
> > > >
> > > > fetchmail gets mail, is a mda
> >
> > Why are you not reading the suggested documentation? Patrick's advice
> > is spot on. All of your questions so far are easily answered by the
> > suggested docs.
>
> I hope this will be my only meta-post on this thread, but I think there
> are two critical flaws with the hard-nosed RTFM response:
Boy, do I agree! Some of the responses here are over the
top.
> 1. synthesizing the information among multiple sources of documentation
> can be difficult. I have no reason to think that horseriver hasn't
> read the docs; only that he doesn't possess the big picture (yet).
I conjecture also that English is not the Sieur de Horseriver's
mother tongue. Another reason for patience and kindness; as
if these qualities ever needed justification.
> Oftentimes this integration of facts into understanding is best provided
> by other people, and a support mailing list is a good place to ask for
> that.
And is often found. This E-list is, in my experience an
exception.
> "Pointy-clicky", really? People may become annoying, but one can remain
> polite instead of imputing attributes which you find mockable.
Again, Mr Champion is spot-on.
Best wishes, especially to the very patient horseriver,
Alan
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