I’m not saying that the suggestion doesn’t have some merit… but 20+ years in IT technical support has shown me too often that people tend to ignore confirmation boxes, pop-up warnings and even sheets of paper with HUGE writing on their keyboards telling them not to do something.
Too many times a client calls me to visit their office because their computer isn’t working properly. When I arrive and ask them to show what they’re doing, they click on a thing, a pop-up box appears, they immediately close the pop-up without reading it, and smugly tell me “See? I told you it doesn’t work!”
Then I look them in the eye and ask them what the pop-up they closed was saying. Then I see realization dawning upon their dim little brains when they figure out that the box was actually telling them what was wrong.
One would hope, of course, that people responsible for prodding at server settings were more careful and considerate with the settings they prod… but I’ve seen enough examples during my career that I wouldn’t put my money on it.
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