Xref: utzoo news.admin:15239 news.software.b:8265 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991Jun14.134451.24415@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 14 Jun 91 13:44:51 GMT References: <676736110.29234@mindcraft.com> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 19 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes: >In <1991Jun7.160730.11982@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) >writes: >> If you are having trouble configuring news, you can use email to get help. >>If you are having trouble configuring email you don't have much else to >>fall back on, so mail systems should be somewhat tolerant and still try >>to deliver. > >Rubbish. You can fall back to telephone or postal mail. Have you ever tried sending a 500 line context diff through the telephone? Or redirecting the audio output of your telephone answerer into patch? -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940