[plug] System security

[Bret Busby]

Peter Wright wrote:
> 
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> Just a suggestion -
> 
> I can understand including the text as well as the link and have absolutely
> no objection to you doing so (as long as it's not too many megabytes in
> size :). However, the formatting screwup is annoying, which I'm sure
> you're aware of, and I suspect that Jamie and any others who find including
> the text objectionable would be far less concerned if it was neat and
> readable.
> 
> Anyway, I'm sure you're already aware of all that. I notice you use
> Netscape mail - I'd just like to point out that reformatting text like that
> in Vim is very easy.
> 
> 0. Open Vim.
> 1. Paste text into Vim session.
> 2. :%s/^[ \t]*//         (removes whitespace at the start of lines)
> 3. :set textwidth=70     (or some other suitable column length)
> 4. Use 'V' to highlight all the lines, then  type 'gq'. The paragraphs
>    should now be nicely formatted.
> 5. Paste back into NSMail (or whatever other mail client thou usesth)
> 
> I'm sure the fmt(1) command can also be used in a similar fashion, but I'm
> not familiar with it.
> 
> > Bret Busby
> 
> Hope you find that useful.
> 
> Pete.

Thanks.

I'll try it next time.

This is what the mailing list is supposed to be about (or so I believe); people
making constructive suggestions to try to help each other, rather than
derogatory and unproductive insults. That is, one purpose, apart from sharing
information.

Bret Busby
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