Michael French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 19 September 2000 at 23:33:44
-0400
> I was afraid of just "eyeballing it" and really screwing it up. No, I
> don't know exactly what I am doing, I am LEARNING, that is why I asked for
> help with a qmail related issue which is what I thought the purpose of this
> list was. If you have problems answering a question politely, don't bother
> saying anything at all. I realize this list can sometimes get repeative,
> but I made the effort to search the list archives and nothing was said about
> this except for a few unanswered requests for help. Someone even told me "
> don't bother this mailing list" with this question.
> I don't understand how a question pertaining to qmail (ie patching the
> source) does not belong on this list and why replies to questions have to
> terse or even down right rude. Don't get me wrong, people like Dave Sill
> and Ken Grieve have been very helpful and patient but others of you only
> gone out of your way to be rude. I am not trying to start a flame war a la
> "linuxpeople", I am just asking for some common courtsey.
I'd guess that many people here think that applying patches and
merging patches are basic Unix sysadmin tasks that should be in your
toolkit before you take on complex software like an MTA. They're
general skills, not specific to qmail.
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