On 15 Mar (21:08), Gene Parks wrote:

> You know I sit and contemplate whether or not to answer your mail.  It
> took a little bit before I decided that it would be in the best interest
> of everyone to do just that.
[..]
> This is something you need to think about?  I know I have.

Fine. But please understand, that people who use the net and
mailinglists for more than ten years don't need to think about "what
this is basically all about" and "how communication works". They know it
already.

And the essence after all the years is: If someone on a mailinglist for
mail software cannot write proper e-mails, he should start learning that
first, even if it will take some years (and being shout at by everyone). 

Hell, I'm on a list for Sony Vaio users for some years now, even they
write better e-mails than this list full of postmasters. Get used to it,
learn to quote, reference, don't use silly quote marks, format text
properly, don't use a known broken MTA or MUA. It's like the difference 
between speaking properly and spilling at your conversational partner.

Something to think: I know a lot about LDAP and qmail, having used them
both for years. But I rarely read all the mails on this list, because
it's a pain to follow a thread or understand the quoting, etc. I will
not spend my rare time with this basics, therefor I'm not able to help
anyone. I know everyone who writes proper mails and I read their
postings. Thats all I can do for now.

</rant>

-- 
Christian Bauer

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