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- From: crw@icf.hrb.com (Craig R. Watkins)
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- Subject: RE: BN_MASTER and SEND/FILE
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- Date: 6 Sep 92 20:12:02 GMT
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- |> 2. Joiner Tech Support tells me it is safe to include "/OPTIONS="W=" to
- |> have the external writer field filled in on each SEND. Is that true?
- |> Are there any NJE mail software packages that would not like this?
- |
- |There is no way to ever be sure of this. BITNET simply doesn't have any rules
- |about this sort of thing. As a result you may find all sorts of bizarre usage
- |out there. All I can say for sure is that I have never seen a mailer that's
- |sensitive in this way. However, my experience also tells me that when it comes
- |to BITNET there is almost certainly such a system out there.
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- This is about as safe as you can get. Jnet does it by default on outgoing
- mail. Do it.
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