> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Joshua D. Baer wrote:
>
> Wow, hadn't read the list for a while, and now I stand aghast.
>
> > So don't use in your message and it won't happen. It's not
> > a common string or anything (if we were substituting on "name" it would be
> > another story). There aren't random body substitutions happening, it only
> > happens in VERY specific instances which are easily avoided without any
> > extra effort on your part. No one would even know about them if I hadn't
> > left the footer at the bottom of messages in the beginning.
>
> Not good enough, here's why:
>
> A new subscriber joins in, sends us a little email, and with a signature
> containing the very string you mention. That individual doesn't know any
> better (I wouldn't expect *anyone* to know any better unless you told them).
Count me as a new user who thought long and hard about replying at all,
since all I know how to do is say "yes" when the "reply to:" message comes
up. There's a lot of technical discussion going on that I'm completely
ignorant about, but if there is discussion that I'd like to comment on, or
a question I'd like to pose, frankly, I'll be very hesitant to do so,
because of my lack of technical knowledge and fear that replying will
start some kind of controversy, that even if/when it's resolved I'll still
be left wondering what it was all about.
Hope this made sense.
"My sister's doorknobs seem to have no numinosity or charisma
whatever. I can venerate them for being, in fact, competant doorknobs,
but that's as far as it goes."
Toci
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