> Not to pick on you or Mike, but this is pretty much an original > feature of the email system, encoded in the RFCs (If I needed a > citation, I'd start at 822, replaced by 2822). "Those who fail to > understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it." It was only with the > introduction of a lot of not-very-compliant servers that this feature > got lost and rediscovered. >
heh-heh... I sit and watch the children play Doin things I used to do They think are new - As Tears Go By, Rolling Stones, > Actually, the terminating double-quote is optional if the filename > with spaces is the last argument on the command line. > Like we all have found over the years, nobody knows it all, but collectively we could all kick some serious ass with our storehouse of information and knowledge. This is one of the reasons I have always loved our chosen industry, there is no end to the learning, and nobody can really know it all. Thanks for the history lesson re: the eMail specs (seriously, that is not a poke back at you. I LOVE learning these little tidbits. It gives me sonething else to forget in my 90s <g>) Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Amazing Gmail Feature that could make your life easier > > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very cool tip re: knowing who has been selling my email address to 3rd > > parties. Thanks Mike! > > > > Not to pick on you or Mike, but this is pretty much an original > feature of the email system, encoded in the RFCs (If I needed a > citation, I'd start at 822, replaced by 2822). "Those who fail to > understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it." It was only with the > introduction of a lot of not-very-compliant servers that this feature > got lost and rediscovered. > > > Just an aside for those who may be interested. Mike is now in > the last half > > of his first year in college, having examed out of high school > at 17 and > > going straight to college to "leave the idiots & bullies in his dust." > > Way to go, Mike! > > > Well Michael popped his hand up and > > proceeded to show the teacher how to use a double-quote at > both ends of a > > qualified "d:\Path Name\File Name.Ext" string to perform any valid DOS > > command. > > Actually, the terminating double-quote is optional if the filename > with spaces is the last argument on the command line. > > -- > Ted "old dog, still learning new tricks" Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
