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[svlug] Jon Postel (fwd)



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:40:11 -0700
From: Seth David Schoen <schoen@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
To: SVLUG <svlug@svlug.org>
Subject: [svlug] Jon Postel

As Jonathan B. Postel, RFC Editor, IANA founder and chair, Internet researcher
and developer of numerous fundamental Internet protocols, died this week, I
suggest the following patch for your sendmail.cf to honor him as the author of
SMTP:


--- /etc/sendmail.cf.orig	Mon Oct 19 10:31:22 1998
+++ /etc/sendmail.cf	Mon Oct 19 10:50:00 1998
@@ -420,3 +420,3 @@
 # SMTP initial login message (old $e macro)
-O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b
+O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b   requiescat in pace Jon B. Postel


For those who prefer English:


--- /etc/sendmail.cf.orig	Mon Oct 19 10:31:22 1998
+++ /etc/sendmail.cf	Mon Oct 19 10:50:00 1998
@@ -420,3 +420,3 @@
 # SMTP initial login message (old $e macro)
-O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b
+O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b   rest in peace Jon B. Postel


news.com and other sources have various materials about Dr. Postel and his
work as an Internet pioneer.  He also received an obituary in the _New York
Times_.

-- 
   Seth David Schoen L&S '01 (undeclared) / schoen@uclink4.berkeley.edu
He said, "This is what the king who will reign over you will do."  And they
said, "Nay, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the
nations." (1 Sam 8)  http://ishmael.geecs.org/~sigma/   http://www.loyalty.org/

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