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 <horseriv...@gmail.com> [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 -- Alan McConnell : http://globaltap.com/~alan/ Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.