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From: ALEWIS@UTCVM.BITNET (Adam Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: PHONE command
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Date: 16 Jan 88 16:01:06 GMT
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    The PHONE command is one of those utilities that you either love or
hate.  It can be extremely useful at times. For example, if you have all
of your VAXen spread out over a network and you need to contact someone
logged on to a machine that's on the other side of campus for something
(resolution of system problems, etc.).  It does eat a large amount of
system resources.
    As to the misuse of PHONE, you generally have to depend on your
users being good citzens :-).  PHONE is like most tools in that it can
be extremely useful if used in the correct manner but it can be extremely
deadly if used incorrectly.

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Adam Lewis                                 BITNET: ALEWIS@UTCVM
University of Tennesse at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN

"What a long strange trip it's been."
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