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From: Dave Mayall <>
Subject: Re: London Times
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:39:56 +0100


On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:14:02 GMT, Robin Baker <>
wrote:

>> > What's an RFC?
>
>To quote from the IETF ( http://www.ietf.org)
>
> "Originally, RFCs were just what the name implies: requests for
>comments. The early RFCs were messages between the ARPANET architects about
>how to resolve certain problems. Over the years, RFCs became more formal.
>It reached the point that they were being cited as standards, even when they
>weren't."

Have it as you wish. I've told you that RFC1855 *is* an accepted
standard of Netiquette, having been adopted by the usenet community,
but you choose to explore every avenue to prove that it isn't.

There are other documents in news.announce.newusers that regurgitate
the same advice, but there is little point in pointing them out to
you. You have set your mind against accepting anything that you are
told, and are determined to assert your "right" to do exactly as you
please.

As with much on usenet, there are few sanctions against those who
flout rules and conventions (although there are some ISPs who will
close accounts for doing what you did). The main sanction which does
exist for those who won't play by the rules the rest of us accept is
simple.

Welcome to my kill-file, I trust that your attitude will find you a
place in many other kill-files.

--
Dave Mayall

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