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Article #2767Re: Loading the Unread mail while disconnected
From: Ben Chi
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1992 14:41
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1992 14:41
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On Thu, 6 Feb 1992 21:50:24 EST Stan Horwitz said: > . . . One reason why I am not a >big IBM fan is this read[er] concept. It is almost as outmoded as card readers >and 300 baud modems. . . With this I must disagree. One of the most egregious omissions of Unix is the absence of a secure way to send files to people (not as mail!). You can't use FTP unless you know the recipient's password. VM (and VMS) have no such pro- blem. > . . . Files that are sent to a person who has not cleaned out >his/her reader should be bounced back to the sender. Is this possible under >VM/CMS? . . . It certainly should be. We have a DVM that simply deletes files in people's readers after a certain length of time (several days). If this can be done, it surely is possible to bounce them back to the sender instead.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10819c,6c52402ff2c76d61 X-Google-Attributes: gid10819c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-07 07:02:52 PST Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ALBANY.BITNET!BEC Organization: University at Albany Computing Services X-Acknowledge-To: <BEC@ALBANY> Message-ID: <920207.094112.EST.BEC@ALBANY> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.mailbook Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1992 09:41:12 EST Sender: RiceMail discussion list <MAILBOOK@RICEVM1.BITNET> From: Ben Chi <BEC@ALBANY.BITNET> Subject: Re: Loading the Unread mail while disconnected In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 6 Feb 1992 21:50:24 EST from <OASIS@TEMPLEVM>