Alan, I hesitated on the use of the word "argument." Our language needs a better word for that concept. I was thinking "argument: A fact or statement put forth as proof or evidence; a reason." I should have heeded my hesitation, I never meant to imply any argumentative discussion on your part.
Your reminder that both e-mail and snail mail are government creations -is- very funny. You may be onto something there. But the line between ARPAnet and academia is fuzzy. SMTP is largely attributed to Jon Postel who was working for the University of Southern California at the time, no doubt under ARPAnet contract though. http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc?rfc=821 In any event, the point we're both trying to make to Kerry is, don't blame the protocol. We must blame the abuse of the protocol and let users know the abuse is possible and abuse has always been possible even before the time of wax seals on envelopes. Don This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
