From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 10 13:27:04 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id NAA28019 for current-outgoing; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 13:27:04 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA27968 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 13:26:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA22030; Mon, 10 Apr 1995 22:25:44 +0200 Message-Id: <199504102025.WAA22030@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Brian Tao cc: FREEBSD-CURRENT-L Subject: Re: talk - mesg y only Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 22:25:44 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, matthew c. mead wrote: > > > > No - I mean why does talk require me to have my messages on to > > INITIATE a talk with someone else. It shouldn't! :-0 > > I always thought that the other person would not be able to reply > to your talk request if you had messages off. Mind you, I've never > *tried* this, it just seemed to be the logical thing to do. This is _exactly_ why. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200