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Subject: Re: Digital Postage (fwd) Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:09:22 -0500 (CDT) From: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>

He of the Hyperlong .sig said:

I could make it even longer if it would irritate you more...

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Ask yourself this, how attractive would the Internet have been if it had required users to install and manage multiple communications protocols for every connection?

You mean like FTP, NNTP, HTTP, SMTP & etc.?

Rudy can't fail.

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