On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Victor Duchovni <victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 03:18:18PM -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote: > >> > I had asked a fairly clear question... it was: Ho do I?set Postfix to >> > accept >> > email for, and relay email to another MTA? This is the one thing I need to >> > accomplish. >> >> http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=postfix+firewall >> >> > There's really no need to berate me and otherwise treat me like a >> > buffoon.... Victor. Is there someone willing to help? Please? >> >> You're being berated because there is specific documentation for this >> simple, common task. > > I don't know who was berating the user, I just provided the best answers > I could give and explained why it was difficult to give more specific > answers to the original question as posed. If the OP felt berated, he > can rest assured that was not the intent. There is no need to actually > berate the OP, it suffices to adjust his expectations of how this list can > be best put to good use. >
I fully believe that the experts on this list have good intentions and I appreciate the time they spend helping us. However, this scenario has happened quite a few times.. A new user asks questions that are vague or easily answered by the docs, etc and then (justified or not) gets offended by the responses. Is there any interest in creating a postfix-noobs (or postfix-lusers :) list where all questions, especially these types, are allowed and those who care to offer assistance can do so? A kinder, gentler list of sorts that the real experts here can simply ignore? Personally, I'm rarely qualified to help with most of the good questions on this list and read it just to learn. However I wouldn't mind spending a little time here and there helping people like the OP who are trying to do simple things that I am able to help with. I'd guess there are more admins like me out there that wouldn't mind being helpful to very new users who maybe haven't discovered how excellent the documentation is or maybe don't have the background to make good use of the docs yet. I'm sure there are reasons not to have such a thing, just though I'd put it out there. -Aaron
