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Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:23:28 +1100
Subject: Re: Please help if you can!
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> wrote:
> I have to agree - I saw that howto as well and it occurred to me
> that if we have to delete blank lines manually we might
> as well use postal pigeons with tiny little papyrus scrolls -
> at least those don't insert blank lines automatically!

Yes, but they have poor latency, and packet loss due to hawks is a
major problem. But an RFC 1149 network is plausible, even if not
viable in most situations.

ChrisA