Re: Connection Confirmed

[Hector Mandel <mandel@oxbox.cso.uiuc.edu>]

    As you've probably noticed by now, these kind of test messages end up
generating a LOT of noise on the list.  The problem is not so much the message
itself, but the fact that so many users respond to the list rather than through
private email to the tester.

Test messages with no content are inappropriate.

Please forgive me for the lecture :-)  It's something I have to do occasionally
ocassionally as the owner of the list in order to keep the signal to noise
ration from plummeting :-)

According to CONATSER.STEVEN_D@forum.va.gov:
> 
> {Original Msg: 'Confirmation of my connection.' from <root@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> {
> {
> {--Msg_Part_Sep_CC1835461
> {Content-Description: File Attachment (plaintext)
> {Content-Type: Text/Plain; CharSet=US-ASCII; Name="Text_1"
> {
> {
> {          Dear netters;
> {          
> {          Sorry to bother you with this request, but I need 
> {          confirmation. Would someone out there in H.P. land be kind 
> {          enough to confirm the receipt of this message? Thanks!
> {          
> {          T.Fox
> {          Sr. H.P. Tech.
> {          UCSD Office of EH&S
> {--Msg_Part_Sep_CC1835461--
>  
>  
>    Your transmission has been received Lima Charlie (loud and clear).
>  
>  
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