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Eric Thomas <ERIC@FRECP11> |
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Thu, 28 Aug 1986 22:41 SET |
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Jose Maria Blasco Comellas <ZCCBJBC@EB0UB011> |
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I have decided to put the "Dear sir" issue on a vote. Apart from June's
hysterical complaint, which I completely ignored (all the more so as the repla-
cement greeting she suggested, 'Dear BITNETter', would most probably make ARPA
fans *very* angry -- I know at least one ARPA guy who *hates* BITNET), a res-
pectable number of *sensible* persons have presented a request for that gree-
ting to be changed. I contemplated defining a global variable, 'GREETING', in
LSV$PROF and changing the MAILFORM file to "'greeting',", but I think it's
cheating :-)
So let's put it on a vote. PLEASE VOTE VIA PRIVATE MAIL. Any vote sent to the
list will be void :-) I suggest the following possibilities:
(1) Keep 'Dear sir', and to the hell with'em!! ;-)
(2) Use 'Dear sir or dear madam' (suggested by Jenny)
(2bis) Same as (2), but IBM-ed: 'Dear Sir Or Dear Madam' (oops, c/Or/or/ :-) )
(3) 'Dear User' (a suggestion from David Bolen) -- Note: this one would make
*me* angry. Sounds like 'Dear End User' to my hears...
(4) 'Dear Networker' (from myself)
(4bis) 'Dear Network fan' (from myself too -- actually I'm hesitating)
(5) 'Dear person' (don't remember who suggested this one)
(6) 'Hello' (don't remember either)
(7) 'IAT8187 JOB 4531,NEWUSER PR=15 CL=S AWAITING GREETING(P)' (hee hee)
(8) other?
Please vote within a reasonable delay...
Eric
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