Re: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)

2013-06-21 Thread Rado Q
=- Derek Martin wrote on Thu 20.Jun'13 at 17:58:16 -0500 -= [I think people should take note: this comment clearly suggests that Paul, like many people, has had negative experiences asking relatively simple questions on mailing lists like this one, if not this very one.] True. I normally

Re: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)

2013-06-21 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 21.06.13 10:13, Rado Q wrote: But not to make one side happy and reject the other, how about this: we get 2 lists, one for the basicsimple stuff (mutt-users), the other for advanced (mutt-adventures). Have some moderators sitting on the basic- line forwarding the advanced stuff (users) to

Re: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)

2013-06-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-06-20, Derek Martin inva...@pizzashack.org wrote: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Dale A. Raby wrote: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 08:35:25AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: I really don't need to be told RTFM. I am 80 yrs old. I forget things. [I think people should take note:

Re: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)

2013-06-21 Thread Rado Q
=- Erik Christiansen wrote on Fri 21.Jun'13 at 21:03:32 +1000 -= It is only desirable to chastise any serial abuser of the list's patience - a KLB. Your lawyer's response, Rado, lacks practical merit. Serial is not only limited to a single individual, serial can consist of many different

Re: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)

2013-06-21 Thread Eduardo Alvarez
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:03:32PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: The real and substantial impairments, both physical and mental, which accrue with advancing age, are easily overlooked in the ignorance of youth, or even middle age. Though two decades behind our petitioner for a quick hint,