Re: Helloooooo...
Mike Reinehr schrieb: No, you've got that just backwards. All email is being delivered to a server located in your local post office, where it is printed. This printed copy is then delivered to the recipients local post office by 25 year old mule-back, tramp steamer, etc. Upon being delivered, it is then scanned and, finally, emailed to it's ultimate destination. The USPS has to justify all that fancy sorting delivery equipment. Not to mention all those high priced managers. At least one of those high priced US Postal officers has proven to be quite fast: Lance Armstrong. Klaus ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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On Sat, Sep 13, 2003, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Mike Reinehr schrieb: No, you've got that just backwards. All email is being delivered to a server located in your local post office, where it is printed. This printed copy is then delivered to the recipients local post office by 25 year old mule-back, tramp steamer, etc. Upon being delivered, it is then scanned and, finally, emailed to it's ultimate destination. The USPS has to justify all that fancy sorting delivery equipment. Not to mention all those high priced managers. At least one of those high priced US Postal officers has proven to be quite fast: Lance Armstrong. Fast for a cyclist, but slow compared to the rest of the world. The USPS is fast compared to say Pony Express. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need in in the others. -- Ray Simard ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Helloooooo...
Where did everyone go? I haven't received any list mail today. Or is it my mail/ISP? -- burns ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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On Wednesday 10 September 2003 05:38 pm, burns wrote: Where did everyone go? I haven't received any list mail today. Or is it my mail/ISP? Workin' OK here. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd Rather Be Sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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On 9/11/2003 2:11 PM, someone claiming to be Tony Alfrey wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 05:38 pm, burns wrote: Where did everyone go? I haven't received any list mail today. Or is it my mail/ISP? Workin' OK here. Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here, too ;-) ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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On Thursday 11 September 2003 11:12 am, Tim Wunder wrote: On 9/11/2003 2:11 PM, someone claiming to be Tony Alfrey wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 05:38 pm, burns wrote: Where did everyone go? I haven't received any list mail today. Or is it my mail/ISP? Workin' OK here. Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here, too ;-) Oooh, jeeze, I guess I didn't check the dates :o -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd Rather Be Sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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quoth Tony Alfrey: | Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that | was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here, too | ;-) | | Oooh, jeeze, I guess I didn't check the dates :o guess those rumors about the u.s. postal service taking over email have proved true . . . -- dep Dotcoms were based on the mathematical idea that if you multiply zero by a sufficiently large number, you've got something. -- Douglas Adams ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
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On Thursday 11 September 2003 01:30 pm, dep wrote: quoth Tony Alfrey: | Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that | was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here, | too ;-) | | Oooh, jeeze, I guess I didn't check the dates :o guess those rumors about the u.s. postal service taking over email have proved true . . . Yeah, what they do is open your mail, scan it, send it to an appropriate local post office as an attachment, print it out, and then deliver it in the usual way. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd Rather Be Sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Helloooooo...
No, you've got that just backwards. All email is being delivered to a server located in your local post office, where it is printed. This printed copy is then delivered to the recipients local post office by 25 year old mule-back, tramp steamer, etc. Upon being delivered, it is then scanned and, finally, emailed to it's ultimate destination. The USPS has to justify all that fancy sorting delivery equipment. Not to mention all those high priced managers. ;-) cmr On Thursday 11 September 2003 03:55 pm, you wrote: On Thursday 11 September 2003 01:30 pm, dep wrote: quoth Tony Alfrey: | Well if you consider getting a message on Thursday afternoon that | was sent on Wednesday afternoon OK, then it's working OK here, | too ;-) | | Oooh, jeeze, I guess I didn't check the dates :o guess those rumors about the u.s. postal service taking over email have proved true . . . Yeah, what they do is open your mail, scan it, send it to an appropriate local post office as an attachment, print it out, and then deliver it in the usual way. -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 More laws, less justice. -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
RE: Helloooooo...
Mike Reinehr wrote: No, you've got that just backwards. All email is being delivered to a server located in your local post office, where it is printed. This printed copy is then delivered to the recipients local post office by 25 year old mule-back, tramp steamer, etc. Upon being delivered, it is then scanned and, finally, emailed to it's ultimate destination. The USPS has to justify all that fancy sorting delivery equipment. Not to mention all those high priced managers. ;-) Hey, those managers deserve the pay. Imagine, you make one small comment about someone's work and he goes postal! Tom :-}) Thomas A. Condon Plain Text Emails Don't Spread Virii! PS For those not familiar with US colloquialisms, going postal is walking into work with one or more firearms and shooting until everyone around you is dead or you are out of ammunition, whichever comes first. It has happened in enough post offices to engender the term. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
