At 8:44 PM +0000 2/12/02, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
Pine and Eudora use Sender (or X-Sender or X-X-Sender) as a bogus
security mechanism, putting private login information into it and making
it difficult for novice users to change. What was Crispin thinking? What
were the Qualcomm people thinking?
I dare not speak for Mark.
In our case we were trying to placate a determined co-worker
possessed by a half-baked idea without doing too much damage to the
rest of the Internet email community. Some compromises are good
ones. Others, you just shrug your shoulders and move on.
best,
--
john noerenberg
jwn2(_at_)qualcomm(_dot_)com
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While the belief we have found the Answer can separate us
and make us forget our humanity, it is the seeking that continues
to bring us together, the makes and keeps us human.
-- Daniel J. Boorstin, "The Seekers", 1998
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