Subject: QUERY

From: RAVINDERJEET KAUR RAKKAR <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:53:35 +0100 (BST)

PLEASE COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT "AN OBSOLETE RELEASE OF PINE" MEANS. I AM 
NOT VERY LITERATE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. COULD YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS 
AN E-MAIL DIRECTORY AS I AM RECIEVING E-MEILS FROM PEOPLE I DO NOT KNOW. 
I ALSO NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF ME CHANGING MY CURRENT 
USER NAME.
THANKYOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE REPLY ASAP

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 24 Oct 1997 22:19:38 +0200

>> RAVINDERJEET KAUR RAKKAR writes:

RKR> PLEASE COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT "AN OBSOLETE RELEASE OF PINE"
RKR> MEANS.

It means it is out of date. You should get a newer one.

RKR> I AM NOT VERY LITERATE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. COULD YOU TELL
RKR> ME IF THERE IS AN E-MAIL DIRECTORY AS I AM RECIEVING E-MEILS
RKR> FROM PEOPLE I DO NOT KNOW.

Yes. This phenomenon is called UCE (unsolicited commercial email) or
simply spam. If you find this really troublesome, you might want to
talk to you system administrator to have him take appropriate
measures. 

RKR> I ALSO NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF ME CHANGING MY
RKR> CURRENT USER NAME.

Yes. You have to talk to your sys admin, again. If that's what you
mean. The name that appears in your messages can be changed if you
goto M(ain) S(etup) C(onfig) and ... well - change it :-)

BTW, all caps are considered SHOUTING, you know ;-)

Cheers,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University 
       On the package it said: "Requires MS Windows 3.11 or better"  
	       			      ...  so I got myself Linux.

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From: RAV <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 15:16:05 +0100 (BST)

On 24 Oct 1997, Robin S. Socha wrote:

> The mail I have been recieving isn't actually commercial etc. it is 
from a guy at the university I am attending and is quite freaky, I have 
asked him how he got my address and username, and he won't give me a 
straight answer, please help! 
> Thankyou very much Robin, you are the only one who has helped me with 
this matter which was of considerable importance to me, I have 
successfully managed to change my user name (I think), 
> BTW, all caps 
are considered SHOUTING, you know ;-) > > Cheers,
> I am so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you or anyone for that matter, I 
honestly didn't know that CAPS meant shouting, 
> Best wishes and many thanks (that sounds abit like a christmas card 
ending doesn't it?) from Rav.
 Robin

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 25 Oct 1997 14:28:40 +0100

>> "R" == RAV  <[email-masked]> writes:
>> >> RAVINDERJEET KAUR RAKKAR writes:
[unsolicited email]
R> from a guy at the university I am attending and is quite freaky, I
R> have asked him how he got my address and username, and he won't
R> give me a straight answer, please help!

Talk to your sysadmin or forward his emails to the appropriate
addresses (postmaster@..., abuse@... and so on). That should
help. Demand that the person's account be voided.

Cheers,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University 
Linux was designed by computer nuts, for computer nuts. 
Everyone else is just along for the ride. (Eugene O'Neil)

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 23:22:10 +0800 (GMT)

> straight answer, please help! 

Well, there isn't too much we can do about that.  It is a "local" issue.

> Thank you very much Robin, you are the only one who has helped me with 

Yes, Robin can be helpful as long as his cat doesn't vomit on his
keyboard.  :-) :-)

You have not managed to change your "user name".  You have only changed
your "Personal Name".  Your username (the name your system knows you as)
is still "rrakkar".  To change that you will have to talk to your sys
admin.

Ed

-- 
Edward M. Greshko                  Technical Manager, Electronic Commerce
                                   Control Data Asia/Pacific Region
PGPKey-ID:CA3AFA5D  Fingerprint: 2DE6 5527 144E D1BC  3C55 9FA5 518E 52EE

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From: RAV <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:26:09 +0000 (GMT)

On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Edward M Greshko wrote:

> what does that mean? 
> thanks alot Ed, what happened to my buddy Robin?, if I can't thank him 
myself, could you please pass on my regards?. Loadsa love Rav.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 27 Oct 1997 13:56:18 +0100

R> "R" == RAV  <[email-masked]> writes:
>> Ed wrote:

>> keyboard.  :-)
R> what does that mean?  

It means I have a cat that on and off smiles at me and then throws up
all over my keyboard. And my monitor. And sometimes my computer. Which 
has cost me $4500 all in all so far. 

R> Ed thanks alot Ed, what happened to my buddy Robin?

Same as every weekend. Got bored, got drunk, fell asleep. 2x
times. Weekend over, done. Hehee ;-)

R> Loadsa love Rav.

I certainly do hope Rav is a female name }:-> 

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
"And the next time you consider complaining that running Lucid Emacs
19.05 via NFS from a remote Linux machine in Paraguay doesn't seem to
get the background colors right, you'll know who to thank."  (M. Welsh)

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From: RAV <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 15:57:16 +0000 (GMT)

On 27 Oct 1997, Robin S. Socha wrote:

>Oh how sweet, what's your cat's name? 
> Abit of an alkie then is he?
> R> Loadsa love Rav.
> 
> It certainly is.
> Is this for my benefit or what?
Rav.