Re: PCYMTNQREAIYR

[Igor Peshansky <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, mwoehlke wrote:

> Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, mwoehlke wrote:
> > > Given that this is something we usually have to throw at new users, do
> > > we *really* expect them to know to use STFW? ;-) I would have to say
> > > that this and TOFU might be deserving of 'one stop shopping' links, even
> > > if they just point to google with appropriate search terms (perhaps best
> > > if they do, even).
> >
> > The problem, as I've already outlined it, is "which terms do I put in the
> > Google query"?  Outlook?  "Outlook Express"?  Thunderbird?  Pine?
> >
> > I've already offered to put a link to a page that strived to become a
> > comprehensive list of solutions to the PCYMTNQREAIYR/TOFU problems.  It
> > would then be up to the maintainer of that page to add new solutions as
> > they are discovered (I might even contribute a couple).  But the OLOCA is
> > not an FAQ.
> > 	Igor
>
> I was actually thinking "one of each". I.e. there would be a list of
> links, e.g. "_Outlook_ _Outlook_Express_ _Pine_ ...", etc. But I must
> have misunderstood; the impression I got was that nothing was happening.
> If a page is being made, that would be great!

Not to my knowledge.  <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI>.

> I still think the OLOCA should at least have a link back to such a page,
> however, for convenience if nothing else.

Quoting myself: "I've already offered to put a link to a page that strived
to become a comprehensive list of solutions to the PCYMTNQREAIYR/TOFU
problems".  If such a page were created and brought to my attention, I
will put a link to it into the PCYMTNQREAIYR and TOFU entries in the
OLOCA.

> Heck, just make the word "configure" in the acronym's expansion be the
> link :-). Then there is no new text.

I actually don't mind new text -- it will make the link explicit, and will
also show up in wtf output.

> Oh, and I wouldn't worry about Thunderbird, given that the *default*
> configuration is correct. If someone is using Thunderbird and doing it
> wrong, there's a good chance that's because they made the change
> intentionally.

Thunderbird was actually a vague recollection on my part of someone else's
complaint, as I don't use it.  But I do know for a fact that pine would
quote the raw address in some situations (e.g., when the real name is not
provided) unless it's configured properly.
	Igor
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