On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, James Smallacombe wrote: > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Peter Samuel wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Magnus Bodin wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 06:18:44PM -0200, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote: > > > > On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Neil Floris wrote: > > > > I think that is only one advantage on usign sendmail: you can > > > > program it to play the old 'X' or 'O' game... ( somebody can tell me how > > > > can i say this game name in english? ) > > > > > > > > X | | > > > > ___|___|___ > > > > | X | > > > > ___|___|___ > > > > | | > > > > | O | O > > > > > > > > > It's called tic-tac-toe. But the above story I've heard several times but > > > I have NOT seen any evidence trace of it but a small passus repeating the > > > fact that "... programming a tic-tac-toe game in sendmail.cf ...". > > > > <flippant> > > That's not the question he asked. He wanted to know what the game is > > called in _English_. It's called "Noughts and Crosses". In _American_ > > it's called "tic-tac-toe" :) > > </flippant> > > Ok, but what's it called in Australian? :-P Given that the English have so many dialects, the Canadians and Americans have destroyed the language (spelling and pronunciation), and the New Zealanders have emasculated the short vowels, the Australians are the last true _English_ speakers left :) If there are any English speaking nations I haven't insulted with that last paragraph, let me know and I'll have something inflammatory ready to roll forthwith :) > > > I used to have a sendmail.cf that turned sendmail into a slow > > mathematical calculator. I'll see if I can hunt it down (I'll also > > have to find a sendmail system to test it - not many around here > > any more :) > > You should see if there's a way to convert it to work with qmail control > files. Then we could have a fast mathematical calculator... My brain hurts :) Regards Peter ---------- Peter Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Consultant or at present: eServ. Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 2 9206 3410 Fax: +61 2 9281 1301 "If you kill all your unhappy customers, you'll only have happy ones left"
