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Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ...

From T <T@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ...
Date 2026-07-30 16:01 -0700
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On 7/30/26 11:38 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> ... is often good advice, but IMO a very bad way to give it. It suggests
> you have a very low opinion of the person asking, being not far from
> insulting - and, how is that person supposed to _get_ such
> understanding, other than by asking? That's surely one of the reasons
> for the existence of this 'group (and others similar).
> 
> Thank goodness for Paul and others willing to _explain_ things. Even if
> I don't always understand his explanations, I almost never feel insulted
> by them - unlike the responses from another, which weren't even to a
> question from me!


Both Paul and I learned by "What does this button/knob do?".

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"Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-30 19:38 +0100
  Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-30 16:01 -0700
    Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-30 19:27 -0700
      Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-31 09:10 +0100
        Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-31 11:45 +0200
          Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-31 11:56 +0100
            Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-31 11:53 -0700
            Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-31 15:29 -0400
              Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-02 02:05 -0700
          Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-31 10:59 -0400
      Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-31 14:48 -0400
        Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-01 07:19 -0700
          Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-01 14:16 -0400
            Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-01 18:38 -0700
    Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-31 15:03 +0200
      Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-31 12:37 -0700
  Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-30 16:20 -0700
  Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-07-31 10:48 -0400
    Re: "Don't mess with that which you don't understand" ... "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-31 21:45 +0100

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