> > 3. Reply with a fairly useless "Look harder"

As a new list member, I'm going to burn a few bridges here, but I don't really care.  
I entered this list without an opinion on whether it is worthwhile to be here, and 
here's my observation:  there's a problem here, and that's for certain.  I've been 
subscribed to this list for less than a day, and I've already seen more than one post 
that talks down to people.

None of us knows it *all*, and you people that write condescending replies have 
issues.  What's the matter?  Don't get enough respect at home so you have to try and 
demand it from people that are *simply asking for assitance*?

If you don't like the question, the answer is obvious: don't answer it.  Good or bad 
documentation is irrelevant.

And before some of you start trying to bash me too, keep this in mind:  I have well 
over 10 years of data networking experience with major installations (Pentagon, and 
other, 10,000 drop plus organizations), as well as what can easily be considered 
expert, near-expert or, at a minimum, advanced level skills with more than one 
operating system, including Linux, plus telephony experience (ala NEC).  And I can 
easily see how some questions may have answers in the documentation, but that doesn't 
mean that they make sense to everyone.

So here's a suggestion:  chuck the attitude and help where you want, and keep quiet 
when you don't want to assist.  Nobody's forcing anyone to do anything here.  Talking 
down to people just makes you look like an ass, and does, in fact, turn others off not 
only from what is an *excellent* application, but from the community itself and that 
serves NOBODY.

-Mark


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