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

2013-06-24 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > At the risk of raising everyones ire, there are times, especially with a > really basic question and no indication of any effort on the poster's > part, reply by asking what research has been done, what has been tried, > and what were the

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

2013-06-24 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 05:58:16PM -0500, Derek Martin 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

Re: OT: Request for old cruft. [Was: The etiquette of RTFM (Re: I have forgotten ...)]

2013-06-24 Thread Eduardo Alvarez
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:47:23PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 21.06.13 10:52, Eduardo Alvarez wrote: > > That sounds like a fantastic compilation, not just for practical knowledge, > > but > > I'm betting a little of history as well. Would you care to share it? :) > > At first I thought

Re: Mutt slow to respond?

2013-06-24 Thread Mick
On Monday 24 Jun 2013 09:43:53 John Long wrote: > Since nobody said anything yet, it seems like this is related to IMAP and > Mutt's design. I use POP when possible since it doesn't query the server > until you tell it to. You won't see new messages that way but it also > doesn't get affected by t

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

2013-06-24 Thread Derek Martin
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:30:46AM +, John Long wrote: > > Asking on a mailing list, where someone (or many someones) almost > > certainly knows the answer without looking it up, AND will reply to > > you usually in less than 5 minutes, while you go make yourself a nice > > cup of tea, is a muc

Re: Mutt slow to respond?

2013-06-24 Thread John Long
Since nobody said anything yet, it seems like this is related to IMAP and Mutt's design. I use POP when possible since it doesn't query the server until you tell it to. You won't see new messages that way but it also doesn't get affected by the speed of the IMAP server and the connection until you