email alias issue

[Geoff Shang]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, ik wrote:

>>> Yes, DON'T work with sendmail
>>>
>>
>> <rant>
>> I really *hate* these sorts of non-answers.  They don't help at all with
>> the immediate problem and only really serve to annoy the person asking the
>> question.  Yes, I realise that in this case the questioner ended up taking
>> this person's advice, but there may well have been plenty of cases where
>> they might not have been able to.  Questions like this don't usually outline
>> the rationale for why they are using the software/hardware/whatever they're
>> asking about, and neither should they have to.
>>
>
> Yes you do. If you are saying I have a problem with something, and want
> others to help you, you should provide as much as possible information about
> the issue. Hetz imho gave only limited information about the problem, and
> where he think that it might be. That's does not helping us to help him, so
> usually when someone lack of proper information about the whole thing, get
> an answer as detailed as they provided.


Two wrongs don't make a right.  If you want to be helpful and the person 
hasn't provided enough information, either ask for it or, if you feel they 
should know better, don't bother responding at all.

Geoff.