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Article #692Re: Mild flame about (some) UNIX mailers
From: Jef Poskanzer
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 18:06
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 18:06
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} "Be liberal in what you accept, and
} conservative in what you send"
In my experience, the typical postmaster who quotes this aphorism wants
others to abide by the first part, so that he doesn't have to abide by
the second. Not Eliot, of course. But every other time this bullshit
has appeared, that has been what was actually going on.
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Jef
Jef Poskanzer jef@well.sf.ca.us {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef
Now how much would you pay?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!well!jef From: jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Mild flame about (some) UNIX mailers Message-ID: <16483@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 2 Mar 90 18:06:27 GMT References: <Feb.25.15.27.14.1990.5767@turbo.bio.net> Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us> Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal Lines: 12