On 17 feb 2010, at 02.07, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>>>>> "Paul" == Paul de Weerd <we...@weirdnet.nl> writes: > > Paul> Jeez... As an asker, you don't really get to decide how or what other > Paul> people answer, or if they even answer at all. > > As I snipped off a Usenet group once: > > Get real! This is a discussion group, not a helpdesk. You post > something -- we discuss its implications. If the discussion happens > to answer a question you've asked, that's incidental. If you post a > question that implies that you've got a problem finding answers to > trivial questions in the manual, then it is perfectly reasonable for > us to discuss how to do that. > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
I have been on this list for many years. Sometimes asking and sometimes helping others. you are wrong http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html --snip-- User questions and answers, general questions --snip-- Answer correctly or don't answer at all. A winning concept in real life as well. ^d Regards /Per-Olov -- GPG keyID: 5231C0C4 GPG fingerprint: B232 3E1A F5AB 5E10 7561 6739 766E D29D 5231 C0C4 GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x766ED29D5231C0C4
