A.Eric@GSB-WHY.STANFORD.EDU (Eric M. Berg) (03/12/88)
[Extracted from a recent digest posted to the TeXhax mailing list...] Date: 21 Feb 88 From: Malcolm Subject: Immoderate notes: brief pause in texhax; issue 17 sliced up %%% Issue 17 was sliced in half by some unkind IBM systems using SMTP. Glenn %%% Vanderburg informs me that the reason was a line that was longer than %%% 80 columns got wrapped, which resulted in the next line beginning with %%% a period. SMTP though that this meant it was about to get a command. So %%% it went through the remainder of the digest, looking for a command, which %%% of course it didn't find -- only more TeXhax. -------
droms@BKNLVMS.BITNET (03/12/88)
> %%% Issue 17 was sliced in half by some unkind IBM systems using SMTP. Glenn > %%% Vanderburg informs me that the reason was a line that was longer than > %%% 80 columns got wrapped, ... If the moderator would only submit tex-hax on a deck of punch cards, (rather than these new-fangled "disk files"), BITNET would be perfectly happy. Oh, and make sure you refrain from using those "tab" characters, whatever *they* are... - Ralph Droms Bucknell University (coming to you live from bknlvms.*bitnet*)