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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: BITFTP grief!
Message-ID: <E2KBBCC@xds13.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
References: <1705@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> <OCCB4F3@xds13.ferranti.com> <34032@ucsd.Edu> <8942@gollum.twg.com> <T1GB.2F@xds13.ferranti.com> <lyndon.674792874@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> <b5yj8p.n0l@wang.com>
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Date: Sat, 25 May 91 15:00:32 GMT

In article <b5yj8p.n0l@wang.com> fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald) writes:
> You mean "Precedence:"?

Yeh.

> My pride won't let me put in "Precedence: Junk", but I'm perfectly willing
> to put in "Precedence: Bulk".  On the other hand, if I find out that mail
> is being dropped as a result with no message to either me or the requester,
> I'll take it out again.

OK, so folks who want to use the precedence field to filter traffic, make
sure you send a short message to one end or the other indicating the mail
was dropped so they can reroute around you. OK?

I think GIFS should have Junk precedence, though.
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"
