Incoming from Chris Bannister:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:02:24AM -0700, s. keeling wrote:
> >
> > [Apologies if this reaks with hostility; it isn't meant.
>
> I've seen your posts before.
Cool! I've been using Linux/FLOSS/*nix since '93(?), and mutt pretty
much as long. Honest, I meant no offence with that post. It's just
frustrating for someone like myself (straddling the user-developer
line) seeing the communication barrier in action.
> > Understanding error reports and missives from users is an art.
>
> Exactly! So asking a "mere user" whether the messages are stored in mbox
> or maildir or plain ASCII won't help much, IMNSHO. A better question
Really? Maybe they're in some proprietary $thingy with its own data
format, or they're on some $webbythingy that does it $that way, ... I
don't like to make assumptions. I want to know what's *really* going
on, and how. THEN, I can attempt a fix.
> > I like to think of it as "bang your head on the wall until it falls over."
>
> You're more likely to knock yourself unconscious.
Funny. You take things too literally. It was just an allusion. :-)
> > I've listened to too many "mere users" complaining about us geeks
> > not understanding them.
>
> Mmmm, ...
Struth!
> > We need to step up our game.]
>
> What's this "we" business?
Geeks. The "normals" (mortals) out there don't understand us when we
try to answer their questions. Haven't you noticed their eyeballs
rolling up into their heads? :-|
[Sorry if I'm annoying any of you. 'Seems there's not a lot of mutt
here, so off-topic. Stopping now.]
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