Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 13:39:13 +1200
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Reply-to fields
To: yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
Cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
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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...

Bill
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