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From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
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On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Karl Denninger, MCSNet wrote:
>
> Does this mean we should give up on using mail?

    No, it means you keep mail on a separate machine and manipulate
your mailbox through a server like POP3 or IMAP.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net)
Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"