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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: news.admin,alt.religion.computers
Subject: Re: Netiquette (was Re: Real programmers)
Message-ID: <1644@frog.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 20:59:00 GMT
References: <33180@apple.Apple.COM> <652@noe.UUCP>
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In article <652@noe.UUCP>, marc@noe.UUCP (Marc de Groot) writes:
I> Erik Fair recently posted the article below to comp.lang.forth.  I would
t> be very interested to know just what motivated him to modify the 
 > Reply-To: and Followup-To: fields as he did.  I once held Erik's opinions
w> about netiquette in high esteem.  Does this message indicate that my
o> judgement of him was incorrect?
r> Article 427 of comp.lang.forth:
k> Path: noe!pacbell!ames!apple!fair
e> From: fair@Apple.COM (Erik E. Fair)
d> Reply-To: nobody@noao.edu
.> Followup-To: talk.abortion

I think he was attempting to get people's goats in bulk.  I think he has
succeeded.  Crossposting to comp.lang.forth does seem to have been in bad
taste, but after all, what do you expect from someone who likes vi?
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