Out of office/vacation messages

Fri Jan 2 17:04:22 UTC 2004

On Jan 2, 2004, at 10:31 AM, Joe Abley wrote:

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> On 2 Jan 2004, at 10:44, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
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>>>  - run on Windows,
>>> Oops, I see your problem.  No self-respecting network operator runs 
>>> any
>>> M$W boxen as an MTA, so Templin is an imposter/troll.
>>
>> This isnt true, the majority run Windows (at least thats what I see 
>> in various
>> meetings and from the user-agent headers)
>
> I'm not arguing with your conclusion, but your reasoning is a little 
> broken. Only a small proportion of the nanog list membership attend 
> meetings, and those that do don't necessarily provide a representative 
> distribution (of any kind).
>
> Similarly, the user-agent headers you see are from people on 
> nanog-post; I am told the nanog list is much bigger.

it does bear noting that there's a difference between an MUA (UA == 
user agent) and an MTA (TA == transfer agent).  rereading the 
discussion w/that in mind might put a different spin on it for you. ;-)

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