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From: Jim Whitby <jim@tpsdata.com>
Subject: Re: cut and paste problem in kermit only
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 09:08:33 -0400
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
Frank da Cruz wrote:
> In article <37FA16BD.A8F03B56@tpsdata.com>,
> Jim Whitby <jim@tpsdata.com> wrote:
> : David Combs wrote:
> : > In article <7td013$9ub$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
> : > Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
> : > ><SNIP>
> : > >If I'm not on target, let's take this offline to
> : > >kermit-support@columbia.edu.
> : >
> : > Actually, it's nice having this conversation appear right here
> : > on the newsgroup. You're both talking technical, stuff lots of
> : > us can learn from.
> : >
> : > No one HAS to read it -- just those who want to.
> : >
> : I agree, keep it here, unless there are things that should not be made
> : public: E.G. custom software code, etc.
> :
> It's not a question of secrecy -- generally when matters devolve to this
> level we start asking to see logs, which might be megabytes of gibberish,
> not what you want to see on a newsgroup. OK, so to be more specific (if
> not Pythonesque): continue the discussion on the newsgroup if you wish, as
> long as the messages do not contain voluminous logs. If you post a message
> to the newsgroup, please do not also send it to the kermit-support address,
> and vice-versa. The reason for that is simply that email tends to arrive
> before news; since we reply to email quickly, the same question shows up in
> news afterwards, and we have to answer it again. In other words, stuff
> that makes sense :-)
>
> - Frank
I hadn't thought about the log, etc data. And I do agree that they don't
belong here.
Maybe a compromise?
For questions posed here that are moved to email, at least post the
answer/solution?
I do see the solution posted. I'll maybe not remember it ( I don't run Linux
), but it may help somewhere else.
Thanks for the consideration.
Jim