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From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: More BITNET stupidity
Message-ID: <7446@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 29 Feb 88 22:22:58 GMT
References: <7136@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <448@fig.bbn.com> <1618@uoregon.UUCP>
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(Jumping into the fray with both feet, he held his breath and said:)

In article <1618@uoregon.UUCP> dboyes@drizzle.UUCP (David Boyes) writes:
<In article <448@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
<>I... send a... message... to {postmaster,listserv,rscs}@
<>{every-host-mentioned-in-a-header} ...
<...
<How about sending a message to POSTMAST@UWAVM.BITNET before
<complaining to the whole net, Rich?

It seems he tried to, and Karl said he did the same, which is what
touched off this whole discussion!

How about supporting a standard mailing address for mail problems,
David?  At least, can your machine use a ten-character long mail
delivery alias to turn "POSTMASTER" into "POSTMAST"?
-=-
 Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science
 The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
 bob@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!bob