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Re: ADV : money

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Thu, 15 July 1999 15:50 UTC

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To: John Stracke <francis@ecal.com>
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Subject: Re: ADV : money
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:45:55 -0400

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:10:22 +0200, John Stracke <francis@ecal.com>  said:
> I tend to find those distracting.  Besides, they're redundant: this mailing
> list (like most) sends unsub instructions when you subscribe; it's mildly
> implausible that large numbers of people just delete them out of hand.  What

Not at all implausible. I receive an *incredible* amount of mail of
the form "I can't find my instructions on how to do XYZ".

What's even more astounding is the percentage of said mail that comes
from people purporting to be full professors, university vice
presidents, and CEOs of companies, and therefor literate enough to
read the 'Please save these instructions for future reference' that
they were sent....

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				Valdis Kletnieks
				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
				Virginia Tech

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