[TriLUG] mail suckback, was: Job Opportunity in Raleigh

[Greg Brown]

No kidding, I've probably wanted to suck back mail on this list a good 1/2
dozen times.  At one point I was thinking of going with a alias.. say
"Donald Twain" or "Desmond Wolf".

Maybe even Raymond Duck.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Jim Tuttle <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:

> So, NCSU just migrated to Groupwise (Oh, god, the horror!) and we've
> been informed that sucking back mail is now possible among Groupwise
> users.  I work in the library and digital preservation is one of my
> areas.  I'm wondering in the University Archivist has had conversations
> regarding the implications of taking back sent mail.  I bet our former
> Chancellor and Provost would have liked to have had that option.
>
> Taking back mail is bad.
>
> Jim
>
> Tom Roche wrote:
> > Peter Neilson Tue Aug 4 10:34:09 EDT 2009
> >> Eventually someone will modify RFC 821 to allow us to suck back mail
> >> that was sent to the wrong recipient or that contained words
> >> composed in the heat of the unconsidered moment.
> >
> > What, and ruin it for the rest of us ?-)
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