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On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:37:25 PDT, John Payne said: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:03:12PM -0700, Todd Suiter wrote: > > I really have to wonder how many of you are/have been postmasters for fortune > > 500 companies. t > I fail to see the point. Point? Probably that if you're a postmaster for a large site, you see all SORTS of stupidity that makes the top/bottom quoting seem trivial in comparison. My favorite roadkill on the Infobahn: User complains he can't post to a Listserv, because his postings are rejected as "too long", even though he was only posting short messages. Oddly enough, his mail was about 6,000 lines long - 20 lines of complaint, followed by a signature block that started with 'begin 644 big-n-deep.gif' and ended some 6,000 lines of uuencoded data later with an 'end'. Decorum prevents my saying what the uuencoded data was, but you can guess from the filename. ;) So I drop him a note of the form "It's probably the fact that you have a 6K line .signature".. I get a reply back "I guess this *also* means I should call my ISP and cancel the tech support call about Eudora taking forever to send mail?" Count your blessings, guys and girls.. ;) -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech Attachment:
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