Scott D. Yelich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 12 September 2000 at 10:12:15 -0600
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> > Scott D. Yelich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 10 September 2000 at 21:14:31 -0600
> > > The favorite is always:
> > > Q: I would like to do "XYZ"
> > > A: WHY do you want to do "XYZ"
> > > Who cares why? STOP trying to think for me, ok? If I want to do XYZ, I
> > > want to do XYZ. I don't care if you group-think and are simply a number
> > > in society -- some people don't care to be that way.
> > Very often, people new to an area get really dumb ideas. I've done it
> > myself. Sometimes wanting to do "XYZ" is a warning flag for one of
> > these. Telling them how to do "XYZ" is likely to not help them reach
> > their actual goal. Of course, since I can't read their minds, I can't
> > know this for sure. So my options are to answer the question, while
> > suspecting I'm not being helpful -- or ask a question of my own to
> > determine what answer would be useful. Seems an easy choice to me.
>
> Yes, sometimes. But should one really assume that everyone is just
> nothing but a clueless qqqq'n newbie and thus simply assume to have the
> right to think for them and proceed to do so?
Absolutely not; that would be completely wrong, and quite rude. But
you'll notice that isn't what I suggested. The whole point was to
*not* make assumptions, but instead to ask for clarification when
there was some cause for doubt. *That*, IMHO, is responsible, polite,
and producive.
> ps: have you noticed that LES's address bounces? I wonder if he's
> having difficulty with qmail. I struggled with qmail yesterday for 3+
> hours... I followed a FAQ/HOWTO to the letter... it's faulty. Yes, I
> finally figured it out and I even resisted asking the list.
Well, be sure to report the errors you found, if possible with a
suggested way to fix them!
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