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Feb. 16th, 2001 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geekchickToday's "what were they thinking?" moment:
> I'm the current webmaster for the [site we host for free]
> website. Our mailing list doesn't seem to be working.
> I don't have any experience administering a mailing
> list, but I'm going to try to fix it. [Other person involved]
> suggested I contact you. Can you direct me to where
> the files are and how to get the appropriate
> permissions to work with them.
I mean, I'm all for self-starters and taking initiative and all that good stuff, I appreciate that this person wants to take care of things themself. But really...teach yourself on a non-production machine, please.
> I'm the current webmaster for the [site we host for free]
> website. Our mailing list doesn't seem to be working.
> I don't have any experience administering a mailing
> list, but I'm going to try to fix it. [Other person involved]
> suggested I contact you. Can you direct me to where
> the files are and how to get the appropriate
> permissions to work with them.
I mean, I'm all for self-starters and taking initiative and all that good stuff, I appreciate that this person wants to take care of things themself. But really...teach yourself on a non-production machine, please.