I'm using apop3d, but I don't care what I use, I just want it to work. I don't
care much for courier...
On Thursday 31 March 2005 23:02, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> Nathan,
> Which POP3 server are you using? I have some spare time, and I
> wouldn't mind putting together a patch for your POP server if it's one
> I've seen before. I might even submit it back to the main project so
> others can benefit...
>
> ==Joseph++
>
> Nathan England wrote:
> >Craig,
> >
> >I appreciate the fast reply you gave. The tone didn't bother me. I
> > understood where you were coming from. I myself am not entirely pleased
> > with the situation I've been put into, but I need to come up with a
> > solution anyway. I believe in the end I will be modifying a pop server to
> > check mail elsewhere once a user logs in, as was suggested (I think) by
> > technomage...
> >
> >I respect the answers I get from people on this list, because we all have
> >experience in different backgrounds and different levels.
> >I've been using Linux for almost 13 years, sometimes I still feel like a
> >newbie. Sometimes I get stumped on something and I'm getting too technical
> >about it and a newbie will offer his noob advice, and it's just dumb.. But
> > in it's naiveness I realize I was going about something all wrong.
> >
> >I believe the community we share on this list does not solely depend on
> > how long or how much experience we've got, it's our different view points
> > that make it work. Which is why someone who might have no clue what is
> > wrong, might point out some obvious simple minute detail, that in our
> > technical level of thinking we over looked.
> >
> >Or in trying to come up with a quick solution, we may fail to realize the
> >overhead we may need to pursue something, or the security hazards...
> >Kind of like me having the iron-power to do this.. lol
> >It's not right, but I have the power and they want it...
> >
> >And about your harshness in answering my question, thank you. I have been
> > at this a long time. I'm not looking for a friendly noob answer, I want
> > the answer, short and sweet so I can get to work... I understand how you
> > reply depending on the persons needs. I appreciate that. It saves me
> > time.
> >
> >I'm sorry I had to ask such a stupid question, and that brought the list
> > into this frenzy... But needless to say, I still have a problem, and
> > whether I like it or not, I have to deal with it. Until I can convince
> > those above me otherwise.
> >
> >nathan
> >
> >On Thursday 31 March 2005 19:30, Craig White wrote:
> >>It has been suggested on another thread that the tone of some of my
> >>messages might 'be a bit kinder'
> >>
> >>I tend to give answers, when I can, suitable for the level of the person
> >>asking the questions and thus the answers can be somewhat abrupt when I
> >>expect that the person who asked the question can understand what I am
> >>saying. Obviously an answer to a 'newbie' to Linux has to be done on an
> >>entirely different manner, more attention to the exact details and
> >>somewhat different in tone.
> >>
> >>Thus, when Nathan - a long time PLUG'er and long time and knowledgable
> >>Linux user asks a question, my answers are going to be short, as
> >>specific as necessary and include most of my concerns about why I am
> >>thinking that it is likely to be a bad idea that he go down that path.
> >>
> >>When Mike Enriquez asked about how to make 3 different sound cards work,
> >>I gave him a longer, more explained version of how I would handle it and
> >>he went out and bought a new card anyway ;-) Surely my tone on that
> >>exchange couldn't be questioned (or can it?) Needless to say, my advice
> >>with that new card isn't going to change.
> >>
> >>I have now looked back on the messages that I have posted during the
> >>month of March and the only thing that I think someone could have
> >>possibly objected to was my desire not to have the list spammed with
> >>GMail invite offers - if that was an effrontery on the successful
> >>commerce on this list (or any other), please let me know.
> >>
> >>Craig
> >>
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