Autor: Joseph Kezar Data: A: exim-users Assumpte: Re: [Exim] What this mail list is for
> I would have to agree with Marc. > I have the O'Reilly Exim book in hand, I am coming from a sendmail background.
> Very often I need to ask simple filtering questions and other items that I am not overly familiar with.
> To the "exim-users" it may seem like a waste of time. But for me and my organization, my simple questions
> posted to Exim-users has enabled the creation of a 1000+ client email server. With some snazzy LDAP lookups I might
> add.
> It looks like Phil Pennock took alot of time just to write: "RTFM" or "man exim(Which doesn't actually exist)"
>
> Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> > Uh - Phil - who died and made you God? Although there is good documentation on Exim - it's not at all perfect or
> > covers everything and is often hard for new users to follow. We Exim users use terms that are not familiar to
> > Sendmail users and often - although the information is there - it's difficult for a lot of people to find it or
> > recognize it. So what seems like a stupid question to you might be something that someone else needs help with.
> >
> > If you don't like someone's question - then ignore it. But I don't think it's your place to discourage people from
> > seeking help.
> >
> > Phil Pennock wrote:
> >
> > > See the Exim web-site.
> > >
> > > The exim-users list is *NOT* a free consultancy, to hold peoples hands
> > > and babysit them through tailoring their config without ever needing to
> > > think. There is excellent documentation, online and in every Exim
> > > distribution ("spec.txt" there). There is a FAQ, with questions
> > > classified by type, which is one of the best that I've ever seen. There
> > > is a book, written by Exim's author. There are mailing-list archives
> > > which can be searched, for the (very rare) instances where a previously
> > > answered easy question isn't documented elsewhere.
> > >
> > > Please, either do your homework or pay a professional. Don't waste
> > > everyone elses' time asking them to wipe your butt for you.
> > > --
> > > Men are from Mars,
> > > Bible-Thumpers are from Hell.
> > > <http://tonjasteele.keenspace.com/d/20010220.html>
> > >
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