On 2010-12-08 8:54 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: >> The point is if you continue using the shotgun approach, you will >> quickly wear out your welcome and any good will others may be >> predisposed to provide.
> I'm well aware of what the point is - i think it's ok to give people > the benefit of the doubt when they are new and trying to work things. > Being nice and friendly never hurt anyone did it. Of course not, I didn't say it did. This is irrelevant though. People should always be encouraged to do things the right way, and cross-posting the same Off-Topic question to multiple support lists - especially high volume lists like the postfix (and sometimes the dovecot) list(s) is not a very nice thing to do - some would call it lazy and/or arrogant. >> Also - please do not delete - or please properly configure your mail >> reader to add - the attribution line (who said what when) when replying >> to posts. > I delete it because I don't see the need to have it there You haven't thought things through. The need is to prevent thread participants from confusing who said what when multiple people are participating - which is precisely what happened here (I confused you with the OP).