From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3533 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2020 00:11:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Sep 2020 00:11:08 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 12CD49CEA0; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:11:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F9239CE89; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:10:28 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="gUK7lRTU"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F047D9CC8C; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:10:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f54.google.com (mail-qv1-f54.google.com [209.85.219.54]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCABD9CBCA for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:10:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f54.google.com with SMTP id f11so963656qvw.3 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:10:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=ASQEOpHEQRNR1HFFL6/VV0g0IFHnWNQRRD99VhMX99M=; b=gUK7lRTUjlD3MajEc/SFWl+941/lmIKBg2URdQjWWga/6cKEye1Sv4xFdQKSuoSH7A pVIFOxaPIN8Pz9xf9t9B+B3DN21dve6VWhdOSzXca+rQysfr4mJv+tlawjyPDsYUxaZ0 YVzARuQKmT8Fux8zK6373yZpHuCi1AGPcHXjHfdWLIjIjT3pZ+TbPJcpd+kKRqoP0H+n XdwpQZ7SzztbZWWHJfQXtleEIX58Hbs2CGipOKpHfjNZKZXsmBsIWgUjg2s+4q0ohB/3 +o/Tiu5oLB/bYEPgvTMLgrA5IfVV2yh2G564wF5jJflG1WreBTlLW4g6qVvScMHv60X2 ce+g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ASQEOpHEQRNR1HFFL6/VV0g0IFHnWNQRRD99VhMX99M=; b=Mj98t8hIv32Sfl6gnBhEXCVsq9gxzB7XmeFt2+uBAklFDUwfQ3xzt0e2ZvtzYsyWQp kP5pdwWVeGu/QxBIebCD2OhYRq/+xlV5dm9ZFDUymlnGe0MyEEPnWQuxsaWJ9jVwj2yG enYKxyCWSxyJWsmtkObVlR36E7MNzM18pJfnL5Ep8YRp7Bx3j08FfFN0bKfhF/UiE8vv t67XNXa6gt1d53PuGBl4CrL+a1tRg4O/2d/P0qSKa9HSCcuyn8iNkixzTFuZcU5iz3W2 L+1nC6T0uBJYFlDqx1vP7iKXzz7rFHV7SD5W31eBw8/+ow9BAKf/RAKaPNTu2gH/BlQv X3Xg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531dage5/bwtSJgOB43fqSvkPdmpKH40gNADnxDEU2UHN60ZREe3 344bV90+xa0S3Y17Lvm7kbkdZjBUxDA0uuaan0Ao2CAyQGKo4POz X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJycpLuok3SV1BgHGkap7cSgwlvXcBMHzREjVKCoFjMn9jfUEDIQqa3XLLVErA2u4NKdxQR9GuruRNwuld3AvKE= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:dd8d:: with SMTP id v13mr2717538qvk.22.1600906222946; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:10:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200923230646.GA20235@netmeister.org> In-Reply-To: <20200923230646.GA20235@netmeister.org> From: John Cowan Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:10:12 -0400 Message-ID: To: Jan Schaumann Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000bcf06505b00406d4" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origin of Charlie Root X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000bcf06505b00406d4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 7:13 PM Jan Schaumann wrote: So I thought I'd ask here: who can (authoritatively) > shed light on how we ended up with Charlie Root? > I have no idea, but I remembered this, part of the message sent by an archive server when you send it an email saying "help": The archive server does not respond to requests from users named "root", "system", "daemon", or "mailer". This is to prevent mail loops. If your name is "Bruce Root" or "Joe Daemon", and you can document this, I will happily rewrite the server to remove this restriction. Yes, I know about Norman Mailer and Waverley Root. Norman doesn't use netmail and Waverley is dead. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. --Thomas Henry Huxley --000000000000bcf06505b00406d4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 7:13 PM Jan S= chaumann <jschauma@netmeister= .org> wrote:

So I thought I'd ask he= re: who can (authoritatively)
shed light on how we ended up with Charlie Root?

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I have no idea, but I remembered this, part of the message sent b= y an archive server when you send it an email saying "help":


The archive server does not respond to = requests from users named "root",
"system", "da= emon", or "mailer". This is to prevent mail loops. If your n= ame
is "Bruce Root" or "Joe Daemon", and you can doc= ument this, I will happily
rewrite the server to remove this restriction= . Yes, I know about Norman
Mailer and Waverley Root. Norman doesn't = use netmail and Waverley is dead.


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John Cowan =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<= a href=3D"http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan">http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0cowan@ccil.o= rg
The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stan= d
on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land,
to = add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions.
=C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --Thomas Henry Huxley

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