so spake Mutter [2004.04.26 @ 02:42]:
>
> [ ... 1 reasonable question ... ]
> [ ... 9 random permutations of the same question ... ]
>
hi...coupla things.
1. 90% of your questions can be answered by TFM. please read it.
people always say that man pages are hard to read, but that's
because they don't know how to read them. just keep at it, and
one day it will be the most natural thing in the world. next
thing you know, you'll be sporting a shirt that says RTFM...
2. try thinking about what kind of question you want to ask before
you do. take a look at this FAQ that will explain to you how to
ask good questions on public forums such as these. not to be
mean, but your last email was a poster child for bad
questioning. check out the FAQ, you'll see what i mean.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
3. the valid question in your email was the very first one. you
the one were mutt, the program, seems to be freezing and not
responding appropriately. if you want it answered, rephrase
it in a way that it has a chance. state your problem and what
you did to get in that state. versions of software are
important. germane system configuration and the like will also
clue all us non-clairvoyant people in to your world.
> P.S.: I'm not able to use mutt right now for posting this due to problems
> with the MTA so don't flame me anyone.
4. no one on this list should purposefully flame you for using pine.
they will, and probably already have, however, flame you for
not Reading The Fucking Manual. again, i'm not trying to be a
dick, i'm just trying to help you out. no need to apologize or
anything. just think before you expect the mailing list to
automatically solve all your problems. two or three of your
questions might have had a chance by themselves, because most of
them are one liners. but ten of the same kind of questions...
sorry man. . . :)
good luck,
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