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- From: reichman@scf.usc.edu (Matthew N. Reichman)
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- Subject: Re: Please Answer!
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 01:39:50 GMT
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- References: <589.6610T1082T265@canit.se> <4f8624$fc0@usc.edu>
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- In <4f8udv$gui@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Mark Baker wrote:
- > In article <4f8624$fc0@usc.edu>,
- > reichman@scf.usc.edu (Matthew N. Reichman) writes:
- >
- > >> So PLEASE answer in a NETMAIL.
- > >
- > >What's a netmail???
- >
- > On fidonet (and other networks using the same protcols) the word
- > netmail is used for private mail, to distinguish it from public
- > messages (sometimes called echomail).
- >
- > The word comes from some bulletin boards where you had to choose
- > different menu options for local mail and network mail.
- >
- > So what he means is a private email, not a message in the newsgroup.
-
- First of all $@!*&%^$#
- I didn't say > >> So PLEASE answer in a NETMAIL.!!!!!!!
- Goddamn misquotes!!!
-
- Secondly, goddamn it! I still firmly believe he meant nutmail, and
- misspelled it by cher accident!
-
- I mean, anyone with subject "Please Answer!" ooh ooh like nobody answers
- anybody in this damn forum anyway? Whadda insult of a salad!
-
- And besides, forgot what the question was anyway......
-
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- (**** now that's how to start something in an otherwise completely innocuous
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