Written like a true, typical linux lurker!
Sometimes it is better to have one on one with somebody who knows what they are doing, than going off of some text from Google..
I got a lot of great help, and got it running in less than an hour.. much less time than it would have taken me to research, read, test, re-research any questions and implement..
Another, better question is.. why do some people feel compelled to reply negatively rather than just ignore? I get more traffic on this newsgroup than I get SPAM.. most of it is completely beyond me, and I'm of no use to anybody.. but every once in a while I get a message from another newbie that is running into an issue I have already figured out.. and it is with pleasure I reply to them.. even though they probably could have just googled the answer themselves. The rest I glance at, and delete.
Thanks again to everybody on this list that is helpful to those of us that are either new, time restricted or just plain lost..
-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Seichter [mailto:mailing-list@seichter.de] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:08 AM To: SURBL Discussion list Subject: Re: [SURBL-Discuss] DNS for dummies
rleonard@opto22.com wrote:
Has anybody written a "HOWTO DNS" for dummies..
Why don't people do their homework? Next time, use Google to search for "HOWTO DNS". It returned approximately 510,000 hits.
On Thursday, May 20, 2004, 11:58:53 AM, rleonard rleonard wrote:
Sometimes it is better to have one on one with somebody who knows what they are doing, than going off of some text from Google..
I got a lot of great help, and got it running in less than an hour.. much less time than it would have taken me to research, read, test, re-research any questions and implement..
Yes, but I think the point is that HOWTOs, READMEs, FAQs, etc. can be a very good way for newbies to get up to speed quickly. It can be useful to make use of existing resources.
That said, thanks to Raymond for helping. Sometimes direct help can be the most effective. By the way Raymond is not a newbie. :D
Jeff C.
rleonard@opto22.com wrote:
Sometimes it is better to have one on one with somebody who knows what they are doing, than going off of some text from Google..
That's an interesting way to say "I'm too lazy to spend some time trying to figure out at least the basics myself". You did not even bother to ask on a mailing list dedicated to BIND (or another DNS).
With this attitude you will often - and rightly so - be asked to check out Google before asking or to RTFM. Get used to it or be prepared to show some initiative.
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