Delayed mail from GNHLUG?
Todd Littlefield
t.littlefield at comcast.net
Wed Dec 12 17:50:17 EST 2012
On 12/12/2012 10:09 AM, Tom Buskey wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:02 PM, <t.littlefield at comcast.net
> <mailto:t.littlefield at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> True... but I always thought it was a massive faux pas for a
> SysAdmin to actually admit it was his mistake. It's never the
> admin's fault, some user did something bad. I'm sure if Ben
> reviewed the logs closely enough, he could finger point.
>
>
> No, a sysadmin should never cover up mistakes. Otherwise you end up
> trying to troubleshoot and fix the wrong problem. We're all human and
> learning how these systems break (which is rarely documented, even
> internally) so mistakes happen.
>
> Obviously Ben is a good sysadmin (from how well the site runs) and a
> great sysadmin for figuring out and exposing the root cause so it
> could be fixed. If any of us are running the GNHLUG mailman server,
> we have shared knowledge. Great sysadmins help create more
> sysadmins. Good ones just keep systems running.
>
> Thanks Ben!
>
>
Agreed... I was just making a joke.
Keeping a volunteer project running is a major (and usually thankless)
job. So, my most humble apologies. I did not mean to denigrate what
Ben has done with the full disclosure and the tireless work on behalf of
GNHLUG.
- Todd
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