Re: Return-Receipt-To & forwarding...

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3 total messages Started by John Stanley Wed, 06 Jan 1993 01:51

#3902

Author: John Stanley
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 01:51

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In article <CKD.93Jan5194053@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
[Lots of irrelevant finger output deleted.]

I still fail to see just what connection there is between what fingering
my system returns and some ridiculous claims about mail being reliable.
Would one of the multitudes who participated in the stampede created by
Collier-Brown please explain what connection there is between the two?
I really want to know. Or is it just that Dave couldn't defend his
nonsensical claims about mail reliability so he started whining about
finger?

>Cute named pipe trick, actually.  

Wrong. Guess again.

>For whatever reason, I get "Service denied" trying to finger at 
>skyking directly; 

The reason is simple: I turned it off because I figured it would annoy
the mindless sheep who would rush to try it based on Dave's irrelevant
complaint. I am glad to see that it did.

>whoever's being paranoid

Be careful. You haven't the slightest idea why my finger daemon behaves
the way it does, and I doubt that you have a degree in psychiatry or
psychology to back up your diagnosis. 

>should just turn the thing off totally instead of trying to filter it,
>because finger u@h1@h2 works fairly often...

I really don't care whether a@b@c works or not. I really don't care
whether you or DC-B appreciates my plan or not. If you believe anything
that fingering skyking tells you, whether you come in through jacobs or
not, then you are a fool.

Re: Return-Receipt-To & forwarding...

#3918

Author: David Collier-Brown
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 14:23

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stanley@skyking.OCE.ORST.EDU (John Stanley) writes:
|I still fail to see just what connection there is between what fingering
|my system returns and some ridiculous claims about mail being reliable.
|Would one of the multitudes who participated in the stampede created by
|Collier-Brown please explain what connection there is between the two?
|I really want to know. Or is it just that Dave couldn't defend his
|nonsensical claims about mail reliability so he started whining about
|finger?


|The reason is simple: I turned it off because I figured it would annoy
|the mindless sheep who would rush to try it based on Dave's irrelevant
|complaint. I am glad to see that it did.

  Boy, he sure doesn't think much of the people he's adressing, does he?

  Ok, folks, another cantidate for the kill files... there ain't
a good way to say clean while wrestling with a pig.

--dave
-- 
David Collier-Brown,  | davecb@CCS.YorkU.CA | lethe!dave
72 Abitibi Ave.,      | 
Willowdale, Ontario,  | York Postmaster and
CANADA. 416-223-8968  | occasional sendfail(8) consultant.

Re: Return-Receipt-To & forwarding...

#3924

Author: John Stanley
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:44

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In article <davecb.726416610@yorku.ca> davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) writes:
>  Boy, he sure doesn't think much of the people he's adressing, does he?

No, I don't think much of people who wander off on a completely
irrelevant tangent and refuse, despite continued requests, to justify
the connection. Just what is the connection between what you think my
plan file is and whether mail is reliable or not? 

>  Ok, folks, another cantidate for the kill files... there ain't
>a good way to say clean while wrestling with a pig.

Dave, if you want to talk about mail reliability, which has some
relevance to this newsgroup, and do it in a context of more than "my
site runs SMTP software I have written so mail everywhere is
reliable", then fine. I will happily discuss that with you. Even when
you start it with insults. I will continue to point out that not
everyone runs SMTP or your software, and that you have no control over
what software handles your mail after it leaves your site.

If you want to whine about how awful my plan file is, which has no
relevance at all since I don't have one, then feel free. Just don't
confuse who the pig is and who the farmer is, cause you certainly don't
live in the farmhouse on this one.

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