From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 679fe47b for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 04:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1C05F9CCC6; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:23:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D0099CCA6; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:23:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D19DD9CCA6; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:23:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta23p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta23p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.87]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9F719CCA4 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 14:23:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep23p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200207042312.ESKD5865.viclafep23p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:23:12 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedugedrheeggdejtdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5DF700CC08D8A095 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:23:11 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 0174NBVc067929 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:23:11 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0174NAZS067926 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:23:10 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:23:09 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <20200207002114.GA6005@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: References: <1iqMuL-1zK-00@marmaro.de> <20200204094018.661e76717f7f475e6cb53e75@sjmulder.nl> <20200204201453.ebeaabon26vbgfle@localhost.localdomain> <202002050845.0158jDOu024559@freefriends.org> <20200207002114.GA6005@eureka.lemis.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [TUHS] finger usage (was: pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors)) 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, 7 Feb 2020, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> Oh, my .plan in those days said "To rid the world of Intel chips" >> (sorry Clem, but this was back in the days of Intel vs. Moto). It >> now reads "To rid the world of M$ software" but these days the >> finger service is generally blocked. > > It is? My .sig (not modified for this answer) includes a finger > reference, and "it works for me". Do some services block incoming > fingers? Depends on the firewall, of course; I block it here (or rather, I don't allow it). You'll find my PGP stuff in the headers, for example. -- Dave