Re: [exim] Why is this list so abusive?

Jim Pazarena wrote:

> I have been guilty on several occasions of asking the most dumbest
> of questions. Most questions I have attempted very carefully to
> research, but couldn't seem to find the answer in the manual OR book.
>
> My most recent was about compile errors on FreeBSD, and after it was
> pointed out to me the extremely LONG thread about the specific issue,
> and AFTER I crawled out from my embarrassed posture, I realized that
> I did not research the problem very well at all. But that isn't to
> say that I *didn't* at ALL. Because I did. I used the wrong keywords
> to search for, and was stumped.
>
> I'm posting now because over the course of my many dumb questions,
> I have tried to be extremely careful (to try to avoid RTFM), but
> I STILL post (what seems to be) poorly researched questions. When I
> do, however, I greatly appreciate the handholding by some (and I
> duck at the RTM responses). I appreciate this list; but it can be
> intimidating IMO.
> Jim
>

No one should ever feel intimidated by a mailing list, or even
an apparently terse or rude response.

The skillsets, or lack thereof, exposed here are but a small
fraction of the far richer skillsets that one can safely presume
make up the overall persona of *every* visitor.

I take for granted that there are few humans alive who don't do
at least a few things better than I do, and that most do a great
many things better than I. And the reverse. We are all different.

In another 100 years (or far less) most of us now posting won't
even know if it mattered ....

;-)

Bill