Re: Home directory was not created

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>]

On 2021-03-03 06:07, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>
>> Sent: 03 March 2021 13:59
>>
>> Am 03.03.2021 um 13:43 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT):
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>
>>>> Sent: 03 March 2021 12:58
>>>>
>>>> Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT):
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis
>>>>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote:
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
>>>>>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15
>>>>>>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think
>>>>> OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an
>>>>> e-mail
>>>> notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the
>>>> list to simply ignore the submissions without saying anything :)
>>>> There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining
>> about?
>>> I couldn't send the log file "setup.log.full" as attachment to the list. I tried
>> both plain and zip version to no avail.
>>>
>>> I have manage to sent it only as a private e-mail to Brian. There was no e-
>> mail returned to indicate any error. It was silently ignored whereas there
>> should be an error notification, or if there was it never reached my mailbox.
>> You seem to have a novice understanding of how many open source projects
>> and mailing lists work.
>> You cannot *expect* anybody to respond to you within a certain time, or
>> even less than a day, unless you had a paid service contract. So reduce your
>> expectations. This is a volunteer project, free for all users after all.
> 
> I am sorry Thomas for not being clear. I didn't get any automated error 
> response for my rejected e-mail with the attachment to the list. That was my 
> complain about. In no case, there was no complain about the responses on the 
> issue from the list members. I apologise for the misunderstanding.
Don't expect mailing lists that don't post emails for policy reasons to reply 
because of HTML, size, etc. That mail bombs a third party if the return address 
is spoofed. At one point corporate boilerplate with certain keywords caused drops.

If a post does not appear on the list, you check the list, notice, and mention 
that, with stats, in a post and you will be enlightened. ;^>

It would be nice to document the size limit on the Cygwin ML web page.
I can provide a patch, if someone provides an attachment size limit?
If not, I can provide a patch, and have someone fill in the actual size limit.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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