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  • Re: A Mention in the Media

    From Hen Hanna@21:1/5 to Rick Troxel on Mon Jan 23 13:59:53 2023
    On Tuesday, March 12, 1996 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Rick Troxel wrote:
    I thought readers might enjoy the "plug" for Pine in the April 1996
    issue of Unix Review. In Reference 1 to his Devil's Advocate column,
    Stan Kelly-Bootle states
    The acronym PINE was originally expanded (cute-recursively) as "PINE
    Is Not ELM," but it is equally true that "PINE Is Not Eudora."
    Regards,
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    Rick Troxel [email protected] [email protected] 301/496-4824 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// All effort and exertion put forth by man from the fullness of his
    heart is worship, if it is prompted by the highest motives and
    the will to do service to humanity. --Abdu'l-Baha


    i think i've used both Pine and Elm, and maybe one more (with a similar name).


    i also remember using nn (on Unix) to read Usenet

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Hen Hanna on Tue Jan 24 02:49:22 2023
    On 2023-01-23 22:59, Hen Hanna wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 12, 1996 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Rick Troxel wrote:

    ........................****

    I thought readers might enjoy the "plug" for Pine in the April 1996
    issue of Unix Review. In Reference 1 to his Devil's Advocate column,
    Stan Kelly-Bootle states
    The acronym PINE was originally expanded (cute-recursively) as "PINE
    Is Not ELM," but it is equally true that "PINE Is Not Eudora."
    Regards,
    --
    Rick Troxel [email protected] [email protected] 301/496-4824
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> All effort and exertion put forth by man from the fullness of his
    heart is worship, if it is prompted by the highest motives and
    the will to do service to humanity. --Abdu'l-Baha


    i think i've used both Pine and Elm, and maybe one more (with a similar name).


    i also remember using nn (on Unix) to read Usenet


    Why are you replying to a post from 1996?

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    Cheers, Carlos.

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  • From Harold Stevens@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 24 06:36:13 2023
    In <[email protected]r> Carlos E.R.:

    Polite Public Service Announcement ...

    [Snip...]

    Why are you replying to a post from 1996?

    It's a troll. I plonked it from gitgo. HTH; YMMV; blahblah ...

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    I toss GoogleGroup (http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/).

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Harold Stevens on Wed Jan 25 13:12:50 2023
    On 2023-01-24 13:36, Harold Stevens wrote:
    In <[email protected]r> Carlos E.R.:

    Polite Public Service Announcement ...

    [Snip...]

    Why are you replying to a post from 1996?

    It's a troll. I plonked it from gitgo. HTH; YMMV; blahblah ...


    Yeah, I thought so after sending and seeing other posts.

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    Cheers, Carlos.

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