Re: [exim] suggestion - exim-new-users

Jeremiah Foster wrote:

>> I'd really like to see some examples.
> I appreciate your differing point of view, I would like to point you
> to the mail archives however and ask you again if you feel that
> perhaps competent people have not been treated rather rudely.

Usually, the people making claims are to prove them.
Anyway, I looked a little through the archives, and found nothing. No
surprise for me, I'm not on this list since yesterday. Maybe we have a
different perception or trigger level regarding "rudeness". That's why I
asked for examples.

>> Even if it were true, how should this be different on a
>> spin-off list? Anyway, this is not exim-cuddle.
> No it is certainly not exim-cuddle. But nor is it
> exim-with-copious-amounts-of-misplaced-anger-aimed-at-people-who-don't-
> read-the-RFCs.

Surely not. My point is, this is a technical list. People raise topics,
other people follow up, and I'd say that most of the time the former are
satisfied. So I really don't know what's the problem.

> see great good in more people being able to understand it. If exim4
> were the main MTA on the internet;

I disagree in every single point. I really like Exim, but it's not the
Holy Grail. Exim covers a wide range of requirements, but so do other MTAs.

> I think exim can be run by nearly anyone, but it takes patience and

Probably, but MTAs are not one-size-fits-all. Many poeple only need a
tiny part of Exim's features, so it makes no sense for them to spend all
this time to learn how to use them.