From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 10 3:33:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.0.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF0C614FDE for ; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 03:33:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomg@nrnet.org) Received: from mailhost.nrnet.org (mailhost.nrnet.org [166.84.192.39]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0FFF18D71; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:33:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (tomg@localhost) by mailhost.nrnet.org (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id GAA16830; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:33:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:33:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Good To: Christopher Taylor Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Rude Replies [Was: Reverse DNS question] In-Reply-To: <37D7D3DF.44C3DB30@thedial.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Christopher Taylor wrote: [ snip for sanity... ] > > > Is this correct? > > > > I can't make any sense at all out of this paragraph. However, you > > should do two things. Buy and read the BIND book that about 14 people have > > told you to buy and read so far. AFTER you are done with that, feel free > > to ask some more questions, but if they are bind-only questions do it on > > the bind-users list, not the freebsd lists. Second, you should contact > > your ISP and get them to help you with this specific problem, since that's > > what you're paying them to do, and without knowing the IP's involved there > > is no way any of us can answer your questions with anything but guesses, > > which are likely to be wrong. > > > > Doug > > That is one of the rudest replies to a post I've read on this last. > Shame on you. Whether or not the person is misinformed doesn't make you > so superior to him. > > --Chris Bravo Chris! I suppose there is a time and a place for the RTFM mentality (or lack thereof) but a list devoted to helping users, including newbies, doesn't seem to fit the bill. ------- North Richmond Community Mental Health Center ------- Thomas Good MIS Coordinator Vital Signs: tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org Phone: 718-354-5528 Fax: 718-354-5056 /* Member: Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message