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From: ecl@mtgzy.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: withdrawing mails
Message-ID: <2420@mtgzy.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 14:31:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 18 14:31:38 1987
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In article <3144@osu-eddie.UUCP>, lien@osu-eddie.UUCP writes:
> This is the point that US mail beat E-mail:
> 
> One can alway withdraw a mail from one's own mailbox before
> mailman comes. This is usually one  night and one  morning
> ( may be one long weekend ).

True, but this is analagous to composing a file to send and then setting up
an 'at' or a 'cron' job to mail it.  Once you drop a letter in a post office
drop box (like on a street corner) you *can't* get it back without all sorts of
legal hassle, etc.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
					(201) 957-2070
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