Thanks for the nomination Jon. I'll gladly issue an RTFM to anyone who asks things that I consider to be a dumb and obvious questions. However, from some of my own posts you might see that I may be the one asking the dumb and obvious question! (I don't know if I have the knowledge base that some of you do to know when a question is dumb and when it is not.)
So, if I could be so bold as to change my title, I prefer: Prince of the SBAA My mission, which I would gladly accept, would be to interject my tagline, "Stop Being An A####le." into conversations where one party or another has gotten out of hand and is posting rude comments about others lack of knowledge. If that's acceptable, then I accept! Regards, Mark. On 2/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good point! Mark, by the power invested in me (by your response!) I hereby dub thee: Prince of the RTFM Your mission, should you incline to take it, is to remind folks who don't get any responses from the list that they should Read The Fine Manuals. Enjoy your new post and responsibilities :-) Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:33 pm Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Interesting issue To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[email protected]> > I'd much rather receive an "RTFM" response to a question rather > than silence. > > IMHO,the crickets gives the user two possible answers: > > 1. The problem is too simple for anyone to bother answering. > 2. The problem is too complex and no one knows the answer. > > But more importantly, it really says that no one in the LUG cares > enough to even say, "Wow this is a big problem." or "Wow, you're a > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > I know I've asked plenty of stupid questions in my time. And, I'm > really glad that people took the time to answer them. (Or at least > tell me where to look.) > > Regards, > Mark. > > > On 16 Feb 2007 15:30:26 -0500, jonc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The user didn't do a lot of troubleshooting (at least that was > relayed> in the message). Most folks aren't going to simply jump > in and suggest > > things when the user gives the appearance of being too clueless to > > effect any of the suggestions... Unless the error is specific > enough or > > common enough to have a stock solution. > > > > The sounds of the crickets following that message tells you a great > > deal. > > 1) Its not a commonly found problem > > 2) If it's not a commonly found problem, then a default install > should> work just fine. Where is your install distinct and > different? What > > pieces did you touch? > > > > >From the general description it could be a lot of things. From > > overzealous security, to squirrelmail config problems. Without some > > basic troubleshooting on the front-end, you are not going to be > able to > > isolate and conquer the issue. > > > > Sometimes the nicest form of criticism an Open Source community > can give > > someone is silence. > > > > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 14:20, Brian McCullough wrote: > > > A few days ago, I passed on a message from a friend, asking > about some > > > SquirrelMail issues. I thought that we had some gurus in the > group,> > even on that subject, but haven't seen anything in reply > to that > > > message. Is it just "impossible" or can anyone offer him any > > > suggestions? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brian > > > > -- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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