On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 03:06:40PM -0600, Andy Bakun wrote:
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| SPF is not about helping people set up their networks, like getting SMTP
| AUTH working or making changes to DNS -- although there are lots of
| people here who would be willing to help or get people pointed in the
| right direction. There are just too many variables in those kinds of
| things to speak with any kind of blanket authority (notice the SPF
| wizard tries to do this for putting TXT records into zone files for BIND
| and djbdns, but those two are not the only DNS servers that people use,
| although most likely the most popular). People should be visiting their
| software's documentation or contacting their software vendor for help in
| getting any one aspect of their network configured and running.
I have to agree with this sentiment. Imagine the following
conversation:
Hello, Acme Stores.
Hi, I'd like to buy a dozen Acme Widgets. Do you have them
in stock?
Yes, come on by. We're open until 10.
Great! Where exactly are you?
Intersection of Route 1 and Route 3700.
How do I get there from the city?
If you're driving, get on Route 1 and go north 17 miles.
Hm, I don't drive.
You can take a cab from the city, but that would be about $45.
Can I take a bus?
No, unfortunately buses don't run out here.
Train?
No, no train service either. I'm afraid everybody gets here
by driving.
Okay, fine. But I'll have to borrow my neighbour's car, and
their car is a stick shift.
Your point is ...?
I need you to teach me to drive stick.