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Re: pop3 changes

Michael Scott Shappe <mss1@cornell.edu> Mon, 06 June 1994 22:33 UTC

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On Mon, 6 Jun 1994, Michael D'Errico wrote:

> This is a problem of user education, not Eudora nor the Post Office Protocol.
> Why not hand everybody a sheet of paper with instructions on it when you open
> a mail account for them?

I'm not in favor of using XTND XMIT at all, but I *do* have an answer to
this question: Because nobody READS the damned things. We've got all sorts
of documentation, some short and sweet, some in more detail, all fairly
well written. Nobody reads it.

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