On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 01:37:45PM -0500, Lee Trotter wrote:
> I have been watching this list for a few weeks now. And the people on
> here are the most un-helpful people I have seen. Your typical answer to a
> question is man this or man that. And yes I understand that there are people
I believe it's the general feeling of many that you simply should not be
an admin of a complex system (be it unix, linux, sendmail, qmail, etc)
unless you can find, read, and understand the existing documentation for
that system.
As such, in a peer to peer fashion "hey buddy, you can find that in this
man page" is perfectly appropriate. I agree the occasional flame is not
the best idea, but then again we must get the attention of errant people.
> as cryptic as the liunx/qmail documentation. Frankly I don't have the time
> to search though hundreds of emails in the archive, so I'll ask my question.
If you don't have the time to read installation and maintenance documentation
you probably don't have the time to properly secure your machine and keep
up to date with security problems.
In short, you probably shouldn't be running that complex a service, until
you can fully support what you're trying to run.
Be clear on this point: The informed person asking the tough question gets
_excellent_ support from this list.
PS: This is a non-personal fact-based reply. It is not a flame.
--
Ted Deppner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.psyber.com
