Subject: Disappointed User (No wonder the service is FREE!)

From: "Fayola C. Trim" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 11:07:35 -0400 (EDT)

To whom it may concern,
	Today was the worst day of my life. For the first time in months I
was expecting to hear from my brother, who lives in the Caribbean, by
E-Mail. Back there it is so costly that he can only afford to login once a
week. In any event, I was unable to get his letter because not only did I
have to login twice, I also lost ALL my messages. On my first login this
so-called new wave of technology stated that I had mail and after telling
me that it could not connect me to PINE; upon logging in for the umpteenth
time, to my utter dismay, "0 Messages" appeared at the top of my screen. 
	I am regretting ever succumbing to this piece of rubbish. I should
have gone with my every instinct and supported the USPS by buying a stamp
in the first place. 
"New wave of technology my FOOT!!!!"

Yours most angrily,
Disappointed user.

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 17:59:11 +0200 (CEST)

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Due to negligence, Fayola C. Trim let this slip into my inbox of terror on
Setting Orange, the 52nd day of Discord in the YOLD 3163:

  >	Today was the worst day of my life. 

So you thought you needed a lot of people share your self-afflicted anger?
Get a life... Your mail was insultive, utterly meaningless and didn't
apparently have *any*thing to do with pine whatsoever...

[snipped some ridiculous nonsense about some third world island]  

  >In any event, I was unable to get his letter because not only did I have
  >to login twice, 
  
Why? Doesn't happen unless enforced by user [you]
  
  >I also lost ALL my messages. 

Impossible unless caused by user [you]
  
  >On my first login this so-called new wave of technology stated that I had
  >mail and after telling me that it could not connect me to PINE;

Why? Either it's there or it isn't. If it isn't there it isn't there. So
it's not a pine problem you're whining about.

  >upon logging in for the umpteenth time, 
  
Why?  c.f. above... [you]
  
  >to my utter dismay, "0 Messages" appeared at the top of my screen.

Impossible, unless you manually deleted them [you]

  >	I am regretting ever succumbing to this piece of rubbish. 

Did anyone force you to do that? Don't think so... [you]

  >I should have gone with my every instinct and supported the USPS by
  >buying a stamp in the first place.

No. Should have taken your mouse chord and hung yourself. As an alternative,
you might consider learning the basics of using a computer. All the symptoms
you described can be traced back to *utter*, *total*, *criminal* ignorance
on your behalf. 

How about this: Get a gun, shoot yourself and try whining that it didn't
tell you bullets are lethal afterwards. A computer is a tool, not a toy
(though MS sometimes leads one to believe people wish it were).
  
  >"New wave of technology my FOOT!!!!"

Why don't you do it yourself? Can you not even do that on your own?

  >Yours most angrily,

Whiner.  
  
  >Disappointed user.

Luser. You're running pine on a local SGI --- anyone important enough to
gain access to such a machine should have enough common sense to Read The F*
Manual before he starts insulting people that devote their time and energy
to offer a marvellous little program for free.

	    Free Software: Contribute nothing, expect nothing

Write a better mailer (if you can use it, it can be considered idiot--proof)
and make the world a lot happier. Otherwise go [censored] yourself.

Cheers,
Robin

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 5 May 1997 20:15:18 GMT

> have to login twice, I also lost ALL my messages. On my first login this

Somehow, I doubt that pine had anything to do with losing ALL your mail.
Does the phrase "the loose nut behind the bolt" mean anything to you? 
Think about it.

> have gone with my every instinct and supported the USPS by buying a stamp

I am regretting your ever having used it, too. I hereby forbid you to never
use the Internet again. Take all your computer equipment and throw it in the
water.

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