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On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Simone Demmel wrote:
> > I've read the Mail like a new user and here are the facts I got (if that's
> > what you want the user to remember, the text is quite good) 
> [..]
> > > Below is an excerpt from the BUGS file and written by Gert. Do yourself a
> > 
> > Well.. the rest is in text and is automatically skiped :-) 
> 
> What Neko is trying to tell us is: "this is soo much text, all in one big
> chunk, that you're overwhelmed by it and don't read it".
> 
> Comments anyone?
> 
> gert
> 
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> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert@greenie.muc.de
> fax: +49-89-35655025                        gert.doering@physik.tu-muenchen.de
> 

I disagree. Maybe I am not 'everyone else', but i prefer massive
documentation over personalized help in almost all cases. Tho a log may be
able to pinpoint a blazing problem, surely there are numerous instances
when someone system is just slightly different and they are going to have
to buckle down and fix it themselves. I would like to see a FAQ file
dedicated to nothing but typical known log entries that pinpoint errors.
"if your log has this <stuff here>, then check <answer here>. And perhaps
another file dedicated to nothing but "my autoppp doesnt work" and clearly
tell people when its an mgetty problem and when its a ppp problem, and
quit answering ppp problem at all except to say "read the autoppp FAQ".
Just my two cents.

Texan@irc
Jeffrey Rasmussen
texan@bay-city.net