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Re: [SLE] Mutt
- From: lexuscars <lexuscars@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:20:37 -0400
- Message-id: <57c3b48d041010152027414bcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:32:02 -0500, Patrick Shanahan
<paka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * lexuscars <lexuscars@xxxxxxxxx> [10-10-04 16:15]:
> > Read the original message, Patrick. The problem was not *him* as you
> > were so quick to point out. I'm going to compose myself here and not
> > type what I really want to, but this is typical of most of your
> > responses, berating the OP.
>
> Say what's in your mind. I did not berate him. I would almost bet
> that *all* his broken installations will run if he runs mutt as:
> mutt -F /dev/null
>
> He appears to be trying to use a ~/.muttrc which is causing problems.
> Mutt is solid and installs with very a safe configuration, else I would
> have problems with it myself. Mutt provides some of the *best*
> documentation available in all of linux. www.mutt.org has examples and
> points to *many* configuration examples.
>
> When something will not work, one of the first things to try is a very
> bland configuration and then make *singular* changes to achieve what
> you want and/or expect. You do not start with a sophisticated rc-file
> which may or may not have been build for *your* system, have problems
> and blame mutt.
>
>
Hmmm....I see nowhere in his post where he blames mutt. In fact, he
opened with "I love mutt..." and only mentioned he was experiencing
the same issue in several different distros. Rather than explaining
to me what he might be trying to do, it would have been more helpful
had you taken the same approach with him rather than opening with a
statement about the problem being him.
I'm not sure if you just don't get that you're being rude, or your
just rude and don't care. If it's the latter, I'm sure most posters
would rather you just ignore their question than answering as you do.
I'm not the first to say this, so there could be a pattern. Take it
as constructive criticism. You often have very good responses, and I
hope they continue. Just take the acid out.
<paka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * lexuscars <lexuscars@xxxxxxxxx> [10-10-04 16:15]:
> > Read the original message, Patrick. The problem was not *him* as you
> > were so quick to point out. I'm going to compose myself here and not
> > type what I really want to, but this is typical of most of your
> > responses, berating the OP.
>
> Say what's in your mind. I did not berate him. I would almost bet
> that *all* his broken installations will run if he runs mutt as:
> mutt -F /dev/null
>
> He appears to be trying to use a ~/.muttrc which is causing problems.
> Mutt is solid and installs with very a safe configuration, else I would
> have problems with it myself. Mutt provides some of the *best*
> documentation available in all of linux. www.mutt.org has examples and
> points to *many* configuration examples.
>
> When something will not work, one of the first things to try is a very
> bland configuration and then make *singular* changes to achieve what
> you want and/or expect. You do not start with a sophisticated rc-file
> which may or may not have been build for *your* system, have problems
> and blame mutt.
>
>
Hmmm....I see nowhere in his post where he blames mutt. In fact, he
opened with "I love mutt..." and only mentioned he was experiencing
the same issue in several different distros. Rather than explaining
to me what he might be trying to do, it would have been more helpful
had you taken the same approach with him rather than opening with a
statement about the problem being him.
I'm not sure if you just don't get that you're being rude, or your
just rude and don't care. If it's the latter, I'm sure most posters
would rather you just ignore their question than answering as you do.
I'm not the first to say this, so there could be a pattern. Take it
as constructive criticism. You often have very good responses, and I
hope they continue. Just take the acid out.
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