Alas, so very true....
Jeremy Suo-Anttila wrote:
> if you break it up then the newbies will just post to both lists.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dan.kelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 1:58 PM
> To: Brett Randall; Charles Cazabon
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: slow smtp connection
>
> or how about breaking up the list to qmail-newbiesand qmail-arch, or
> somthing
> similar? i know this has been suggested before.
>
> dan
>
> On Tue, 01 May 2001, Brett Randall wrote:
> > >>>>> "Charles" == Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > A note to potential qmail newbies: we'll help you. Honestly. You
> > > just have to promise to do your homework, give it an honest try
> > > before asking for help, and to post good problem reports (detailing
> > > what you did, what the system did, and what you thought it was going
> > > to do instead, with complete logs and contents of control files).
> > > If you're not willing to promise that much, you will receive nothing
> > > but beatings for your pains, in this list, or anywhere else in life
> > > for that matter.
> >
> > Why isn't this type of message in the qmail-subscribe auto-generated
> > reply? I have suggested this many times myself, and seen many other
> > people suggest it as well. Simply pointing out this kind of thing and
> > linking to the major sources of documentation would save a bundle of
> > time and emotion. Of course, one could also point out that having the
> > list message-moderated with a couple of good moderators in a couple of
> > opposing timezones would significantly increase the signal to noise
> > ratio.
> > --
> > "Pascal, n.: A programming language named after a man who would turn over
> > in his grave if he knew about it."
> >
> > - The Chartered Institution of C Programmers
