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Message-Id: <199703230154.CAA13229@magigimmix.xs4all.nl>
From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
To: <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Reply-to fields
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 02:52:58 +0100
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> Van: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
> Aan: yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
> CC: 'OpenDOS newsgroup' <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> Onderwerp: Re: [opendos] Reply-to fields
> Datum: zondag 23 maart 1997 2:39
> 
> yeep wrote:
> > 
> > ----------
> > > Van: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
> > > Aan: yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
> > > CC: Colin W. Glenn <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>; 'OpenDOS newsgroup'
> > <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> > > Onderwerp: Re: [opendos] Reply-to fields
> > > Datum: zaterdag 22 maart 1997 23:28
> > >
> > > yeep wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > > > > > > > We COULD start talking about porting a good netmail reader
to
> > > > opendos, I
> > > > > > > > mean, we want just about everything else included with the
OS.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Kitchen sink anyone?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > PINE is available for about 9000 OS's including DOS
(PC-PINE).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've been wondering about Pine, how would I set it up to work
in a
> > > > > > non-network setup using local files instead?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm working on porting the kitchen sink to OpenDOS right now.
> > Anyone
> > > > > > > care to beta test it for me?  You'll need a couple glasses, a
> > bucket
> > > > and
> > > > > > > some soap.  :o)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm busy compiling glasses right now, I'll get back with you on
> > this.
> > > > I
> > > > > > seem to keep breaking the soap OS with random code fragments.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've got the bucket, but there's a hole in it.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, well I've got an update for you.
> > > > A patch that'll remove the 'hole-bug'
> > > > If you run into any problems applying the patch, let me know, I had
> > some
> > > > trouble installing a handle on the bucket afterwards, but now my
code
> > is
> > > > water-tight.
> > > >
> > > >         Yeep
> > >
> > > Unfortunatly, my axe is blunt, and there's no water for the stone...
> > >
> > > But then again, if you code is as water-tight as you say, can it be
> > > shaped into a bucket?
> > 
> > No, the code is a patch for the bucket, so the hole is.....patched.
> > And why are you using an axe?
> > Why not upgrade to a chainsaw?
> > 
> >         Yeep
> 
> The axe is to cut the patch to the right size.
> I have no fuel for the chainsaw and my bucket has a hole in it...

So you got an cheap upgrade to the chainsaw (without the fuel)?
And you're bucket is also a bit different because the patch isn't correct.
Hmmm....you wouldn't be one of them optimizers, who change their bucket to
fit personal needs now would you?
In that case you'll have to make your own patch, based on mine.

	Yeep

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