1992-10-26 - Re: BBS E-mail policy

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From: Eric Hollander <hh@soda.berkeley.edu>
To: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
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From: Eric Hollander <hh@soda.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 92 21:29:49 PPE
To: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: BBS E-mail policy
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Re: entropy

I seem to remember that English text is about 1.5 bits per character.  I can
find a reference if you're interested.

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• 1992-10-22 (Thu, 22 Oct 92 09:25:56 PDT) - BBS E-mail policy - omega@spica.bu.edu (The Omega)
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