Speaking of "uncle bill"; he hasn't been heard from in quite some time. I miss his pithy and often-times funny postings.
Joe McVerry americancoders.com --- In [email protected], Brian Lehrhoff <blehr...@...> wrote: > > check out the top three posters (at that time) - ken steele, rachael and uncle bill. I can find my posts as early as 1997 in the google archive. > > you could read the posts to usenet group bit.listserv.edi-l from any usenet server with a client (such as agent) or have them sent to your email. there was another flavor of edi-l that was hosted on a private mailing list server. it looks as if in september or october 1998 the server itself started to have issues and in august 2000 we did a conversion to yahoo. you may also remember this: > > "You are viewing the bit.listserv.edi-l newsgroup; you're missing most of > the EDI-L traffic this way because of a broken gateway, and most, if not > all, subscribers to EDI-L will never see any messages you post here. If > you subscribe to the mailing list instead, you're guaranteed to see > everything. For instructions on signing up, or for viewing the EDI-L > archives, please see the "Resources" link at our Web-site at > http://www.foresightcorp.com/."; > Brian Lehrhoff, EA (blehr...@...) > Messaging Consultant 201-913-4506 > Upgrade your Quickbooks for 20% off at http://ea.brianlehrhoff.com > Circular 230 Notice is located at http://ea.brianlehrhoff.com/230notice.html > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Chris Johnson <chr...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 7:40:15 AM > Subject: [EDI-L] Origin of edi-l > > A Friday topic. Does anyone know when the original edi-l list first > started? I joined in 1994, and the link > > http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.edi-l/about > > seems to indicate a start at the beginning of 1992. > > Regards > Chris > -- > Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 > EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk > EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0845 126 0680 or +44 20 8778 1402 > Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF > > ------------------------------------ > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
