From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 94 23:41:37 PST
To: Jonathan Rochkind <jrochkin@cs.oberlin.edu>
Subject: Re: McCoy is Right! New Mail Format to Start Now.
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On Fri, 16 Dec 1994, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> MIME has nothing to do with annoying messages on your screen, and a
> reasonable mailer wouldn't give you those messages.

That will be a good argument when we have reasonable mailers.

It is not a good argument today.

You are using the wrong tense:  You should not say "MIME is great".

You should say "MIME *will be* great".


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We have the right to defend ourselves and our
property, because of the kind of animals that we        James A. Donald
are.  True law derives from this right, not from
the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state.            jamesd@netcom.com