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Article #4915

Re: smail query (long)

#4915
From: der Mouse
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1988 07:13
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In article <1196@anasaz.UUCP>, chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) writes:
> A personal observation aside: It seems the whole froth is kicked up
> because of Internet requirements.  We UUCP'ers got along just fine,
> and our mail went where we wanted it until accomodations for "that
> other" network were implemented.

The Internet got along just fine, and its mail went where it was
supposed to go, until all those silly other networks came along and
barged into the act.  To them, it no doubt seems the whole froth is
kicked up because of those silly....

> ....UUCP'ers say[ing] "Any network has to be able to accomodate me
> with my desktop computer running only whatever came out of the box",
> which seems patently silly [...].

					der Mouse

			old: mcgill-vision!mouse
			new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
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Message-ID: <1287@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mcgill-vision!mouse
References: <605@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1196@anasaz.UUCP>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mcgill-vision!mouse
From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: smail query (long)
Message-ID: <1287@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 88 07:13:06 GMT
References: <605@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1196@anasaz.UUCP>
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Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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