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Re: How many lines does the TFN have?

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From: Kenneth Edward Smith
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 00:00
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Nabil Mohamed El-Khodari (ad613@torfree.net) wrote:
: Peter Selk (bk078@torfree.net) wrote:

: : Geoff:  the fact that whois does not work correctly must have been 
: : explained 50 times since I've been a member.  But there are always new 
: : people or people who never caught one of the previous explanations.  I 
: : suggest that if whois can't be fixed, it should be disabled to avoid 
: : misleading members like Kyuseub Lee and providing ammunition to el Kookdari.

: Come on Peter. This is Canada. You can never silence the membership (or 
: any one for that matter.

Peter didn't suggest silencing anyone; you've raised that yourself.  More 
paranoid delusions?  All he said was that if 'whois' is broken, either it 
should be fixed or taken out of service.  The fact that it is not 
operating well is serving as a shaky foundation for some of your baseless 
attacks.

: In fact there is no need for TFN users to use whois, or any of the many 
: www connections to it. Simply all they have to do is dial 780-2000. They 
: will be logged to Union, and then type either:

: gts.torfree.net,   OR
: csas.torfree.net

: Or any other combination they may think of (good if you are trying to 
: guess the remaining subdomain names).

And what will this tell them about how many people are logged into TFN?

: Please note that you cannot be logged to the TFN through these lines, as 
: you will be disconnected by the system.

: I do not encourage people to use these lines, as they are supposed to 
: serve TFN volunteers and information providers. I am just responding to 
: the insane suggestion by Peter, who thinks he owns the TFN (an 
: occupational hazard from getting in contact with Bruce Becker).

And where did you acquire your deficiency in this regard?  Twit.
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From: cg591@torfree.net (Kenneth Edward Smith)
Subject: Re: How many lines does the TFN have?
Date: 1997/05/14
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