[imp] to the authoritive folks of imp.

[Network]

Brent  at least I have that which you provided to go on.  Trying to sift
thru code you didn't write .....  I thank you for the lead.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent J. Nordquist" <bjn@horde.org>
To: <imp@lists.horde.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [imp] to the authoritive folks of imp.


> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Network <network@network.shacknet.nu> wrote:
>
> > People are being answered that have posted their question after mines.
> > There is nothing within the imp archives or the faq addressing my
> > imp-version and the newmail_popup. if there was I wouldn't have asked.
> >
> > What gives?
>
> You seem to be under some misapprehensions here.
>
> (1)  There are no "authoritative folks of IMP".  There is only a Horde
> team (people who create PHP GPL'ed software in their spare time because
> they enjoy it/it meets their own needs), and a Horde community (people who
> use, contribute to, and support Horde applications because they enjoy
> it/it suits their needs).
>
> (2)  Answers to your question are gifts, not entitlements.  We're all
> volunteers here; we all have many things we're doing besides reading and
> answering.  If you look at the archives I think the record clearly shows
> that the Horde community is very willing to help, and many people get
> their questions answered.  Demanding answers, though, probably lessens
> your chance of receiving any.
>
> (3)  We don't know everything.  Often things come up that no one has seen
> before.  In those cases, we'd love for the questioner to dig in and see if
> he/she can find more information themselves, and often even figure the
> problem out.  When that happens and the answer is posted, then when the
> next person asks, we have something to say.  That's how the community
> works and gets stronger.
>
> I can only say why I didn't respond to this issue, personally:  I couldn't
> think of anything helpful to say.  Sorry.  The popup function is, I
> believe, a JavaScript thing, and that's far from my strong suit.  Others
> probably have different reasons.
>
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