mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) (04/27/87)
This is drifting away from news.groups and more towards mail issues, in recognition of which I have changed the Subject: line, cross-posted, and added a Followup-To: line. > References: <3.14159@cbosdg.UUCP> [...] Hmmm. I rather like that message-ID. In article <703@colossus.tc.fluke.COM>, moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes: > Why, here at Fluke, it is a tradition that many lucky Unix users > receive letters every April 1st from "Uncle Gorby" at Kremvax. Below > is a brief example... > From mikhail@kremvax Wed Apr 1 09:16:29 1987 > Message-Id: <8704011712.AA23755@kremvax> > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 87 09:12:37 pst > From: mikhail@kremvax > To: [lots of Flukies] > Subject: Happy First of April from Uncle Gorby! > Reply-To: mikhail@kremvax.KGB > [etc] Reminds me of a letter that a few choice people received here about...uh...25 days back (news is slow getting here, and I was away for a week: that's why it's taken so long for me to post this). Here, [username] is the username of the target, [host] is their home machine, and [real-name] is their real name. Note that at least one additional Received: header will normally be added by the target machine. # Received: from ImperialServant by [host] via ImperialCourier # with alacrity id unnecessary; Sun, 32 Mar 2001 35:22:21 GCT # Received: from LordVader by ImperialServant via the-Force # with pleasure id unnecessary; Sun, 32 Mar 2001 35:22:19 GCT # Date: Sun, 32 Mar 2001 35:22:19 GCT # From: Darth Vader <DarthVader@DeathStar.ImperialNavy.EvilGalacticEmpire.GOV> # Message-ID: <20010332352219.AA19094@[host]> # Poslfit: Insufficient # To: [real-name] <[username]@[host]> # Subject: Obedience, obesiance, and lack thereof # # It has come to my attention that you have been neglecting your daily # obesiance to me, as your lord and master. See that this situation is # corrected. (So I bent the RFCs a little, so sue me.) der Mouse (mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp)
kurt@hi.UUCP (Kurt Zeilenga) (05/03/87)
In article <703@colossus.tc.fluke.COM>, moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes: > Why, here at Fluke, it is a tradition that many lucky Unix users > receive letters every April 1st from "Uncle Gorby" at Kremvax. Below > is a brief example... I once got a mail note from /dev/null. I was quite surprised to bits apparently coming out of the bucket. -- Kurt Zeilenga (zeilenga@hc.dspo.gov) "So long, Mom, I'm off to drop the bomb..."