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From: hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: Idempotence of S3 (Was Re: IBM Do It Again)
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.140959.17857@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 14:09:59 GMT
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 * Shoot.  I have never even heard or read the word "idempotent" until
 * just now.

Me neither, so I looked it up. Wasn't there, but ``idem'' was:

   Something previously mentioned

Sounds like the right root word...

Also, here's my vote for the sendmail configuration language being a real
programming language, and good programming rules apply. 

-Mike