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Stan Barber wrote:
> 
> > It seems covered if you care to use TAR and get some formats but hunting
> > through code on a site.  I asked him about this, and his attitude was to
> > find a Windows TAR program or to use a real operating system that had that.
> > That put me off I must admit.
> 
> I am not sure what you are referring to exactly, but I believe you may have
> been asking how to decode a shell archives that make up the NNTP Client kit
> on a Microsoft OS-based machine. You asked that I put it out in some kind
> of other format and I suggested that you look for a suitable shell. I was
> under the impresion that Microsoft provided a POSIX compatible shell in its
> NT Resource Kit. I could have been mistaken about this. Perhaps some of
> the Microsoft participants can inform me if this shell does exist and
> if it can decode these shell archives.
> 
> > From past experience in the mail field, if someone is preparing a draft
> > that outlines what kind of responses a command returns, saying what that
> > format is in that draft/rfc or an exisiting RFC is necessary.  When it
> > comes time to vote for the NNTP drafts, I will make sure that my feelings
> > about this are mentioned to others, as Stan is not disposed to listen to
> > me.
> 
> I did listen to you and did suggest a strategy for you to use to accomplish
> your goal. I thought the suggestion was reasonable, or I would not have
> made it. I guess we have a difference of opinion on what is reasonable.
> In any case, it is clear that we had different opinions about what is
> reasonable.
> 
> If you let your feelings about me cloud your feelings about the drafts,
> that is unfortunate. I hope you will reconsider.
> 
> --
> Stan   | Academ Consulting Services        |internet: sob@academ.com
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> Barber | URL- http://www.academ.com/academ |Opinions expressed are only mine.

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