I It is always worth checking the Archives of this mailing list on
www.qmail.org.I bet that 99% of questions in this list are already
answered there.
The other thing is don't let them get to you!
Cheers
On Sat, 13 May 2000, James wrote:
> I've received a couple of messages both on this list, and personal email
> that consistently suggest that I read the manual before posting here.
>
> Of course I realize that reading the manual, going through the steps of
> Life With Qmail or viewing the FAQs is the best first step.. but once one
> takes every step mentioned, and things STILL don't work, it's very hard to
> maintain calm as people *keep* suggesting that it's a good idea to read
> the manual.
>
> Just as those who have been around forever get upset with hearing the same
> questions over and over, new users who follow proper steps and STILL have
> problems also get tired of hearing about "reading the #$$% manual." For
> one example.. I have no idea as to why, when I sent a test message to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] during one hour it was rejected multiple times, then
> trying again 4 hours later it goes through just fine.. when I changed
> *nothing* at all on my server.
>
> And one other soapbox spew.. When I receive a question such as "Are you
> sure you are talking to [your ip address here]?" and I answer "How would I
> know?".. this doesn't mean I haven't tested ping, or whois, or
> whereis etc.. because I have, it means that if there is some *other* way
> of knowing, please tell me now.
>
> Many of you have been quite helpful, and I appreciate every answer in
> reply because I know it takes time, your valuable time, to try and figure
> out a problem.. but it also takes time and determination to decide to
> weather out the problems for days in order to make one program work right.
> Both sides should be commended for effort.
>
> Whatever I learn on this list I will do what I can to give back to those
> who have questions, or run into the same problems I have had here. And
> even though I try to be thorough in my question posts, I guess I need to
> be more thorough still with every step I have tried.. because I only ask
> questions here AFTER I have tried every step I can find in either a FAQ or
> HOWTO.
>
> Again, thanks for all the help and please, some of you, try not to be so
> hard on those of us asking seemingly trivial questions when often (or at
> least in my case) hours have already been spent trying to figure out a
> problem before coming here to ask for help.
>
> James
>
>
