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

William Sutton william at trilug.org
Wed Aug 5 14:23:34 EDT 2009


A gentleman I know (English-American first/last names) uses a Polish 
alias, even at business meetings.

William Sutton

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Greg Brown wrote:

> 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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