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Subject: Re: bin/746: `talk' forbids talking from write-protected terminal for no good reason
To: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 18:14:41 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199509281639.KAA20546@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Sep 28, 95 10:39:07 am
From: hohmuth@inf.tu-dresden.de (Michael Hohmuth)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, TU Dresden, Germany
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Nate Williams wrote:

> I hate to sound obnoxious, but the issue has already been discussed at
> length, and I agree that the current behavior is the best.

OK, I give up.  However, I find it somewhat frustrating to have to
accept the result of a discussion I haven't participated in.  (But of
course, this is my own fault -- perhaps I should subscribe to the
FreeBSD mailing lists...)

> The behavior also keeps folks from bothering other people be
> constantly starting talk sessions and then breaking them off, making
> the callee unable to respond.

Again an issue of personal policy...

I always open at least one `xterm' with messages on for accepting
messages and talk requests, and I use scripts for automatically
disallowing messages in terminals running mail and news readers...

But I don't want to restart your lengthy discussion again. :)

Michael
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