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Subject:Re[2]: whining and useless drivel From:Virginia Krenn <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 6 Oct 1994 08:59:19 CDT
Gwen,
Thanks for your remarks. You are right about the list originating at
Oklahoma State University. However, the reason my address includes
@okway.okstate.edu is that Oklahoma State University is also my
employer.
Virginia
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Author: Gwen Gall <ggall -at- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com> at SMTP
******* -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu -dot- -dot- -dot-
okstate.edu; is that Oklahoma? Speaking of a place with a real sense of self
worth.
All together now - Oklahoma is O.K. It's not great. It's not good. Mediocre
is too
difficult to spell. It's just o.k.
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I don't know about other people's header information, but I quite often get
what I suspect is routing information....
I don't think the original post _issued_ from @okway.okstate.edu, I think
that was just a path along the way to:
TECHWR-L -at- VM1 -dot- ucc -dot- okstate -dot- edu
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I too have been accused (well, not accused, but you know what I mean) of
originating from Okalahoma.
Eric, the list owner, may be able to respond with more concrete information.
BTW, Gus: If my mailer didn't display your address in my header, I wouldn't
have known where you were from. You had no .sig. I might of thought YOU
were in Oklahoma,
which I am sure is a fine place to be. Isn't there a song about ...