I agree with Mark here. I remember when I first started reading spec.txt, it
made almost no sense. As I've been working with Exim and reading this list,
more and more of it makes sense. I still don't have it down pat, but I'm
learning.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Perkel" <marc@???>
To: "Phil Pennock" <Phil.Pennock@???>
Cc: "Charanbeer" <charanbeer.s@???>; <exim-users@???>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: [Exim] What this mail list is for
> 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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