On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:39:29AM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with: > % Hi, > > Hello!
'sup?
> % As others have noticed, uniqueness is a Bad Thing in today's email
> % environment.
>
> Admitted -- but I also see room for flexibility and configuration
> choices. I mean, c'mon, LookOut! will even handle %_ gracefully (well,
> as gracefully as it can handle anything)!
The only thing LookOut! handles gracefully is virus propagation :)
> % quoting level. (It was also made easier by compulsory clear names.)
> % This was very useful, since you could see with one look who wrote the
> % quote (not who quoted it). It was color-coded of course. Nobody had
>
> Sure. That sounds like Rob's argument, though.
Just you wait! Soon, we'll all be using our unique quoting characters!
Everybody will have a different one!! MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!
;D
> % any problems, because everyone either used Crosspoint or started using
> % it very soon, so it was accepted standard.
>
> Great! I predict the same thing with %_ and mutt. I look forward to the
> time when 80% of everyone else will use mutt right along with us -- and
> perhaps find the world a better place as well.
I don't see that happening. Given most people's utter dependence on GUIs
(just look at Macs), I don't think mutt will ever get 80% of the MUA
market share. It may get to be 80% of _*nix_ users MUA of choice, but
unless *nix (Linux, BSD, whatever) gets really mainstream, it won't
happen.
> % Your mails are as ineffective as outlooked mails with the answer
> % following the questions.
>
> Oooh, that was way harsh.
I didn't like that comment, either. It's a quote string! Get over it!
> Fair enough. There are probably a lot of variables that you don't
> need, then. Maybe I should petition to get % added to the default list
> so that you will be able to read my mail.
I'd sign that petition ;)
--
Rob 'Feztaa' Park
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"The Windows NT workstations locked up every 2.58 minutes... The Linux
workstations [which replaced them] haven't had a problem."
-- Randy Kessell, SBC Communications Inc.
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