> I'm not absolutely sure that is true - but the fact that the first time
> that "myname" appeared in BSD code in the sense of a host name
> was as a variable name inside the C code of some UUCP-related program
> in 2BSD in 1979 at least makes your statement somewhat plausible -

Thanks for clarification.


> It is true that this is considered good nettiquette on *some* mailing
> lists, but it does *not* apply to OpenBSD mailing lists.  Here, it is
> not considered rude to leave developers who have contributed to a thread
> in the Cc: (even though it is not strictly required either).  For
> people receiving very large amounts of mail (like myself), it can
> lessen the risk of overlooking messages mentioning me.

Thanks, again.
I didn't know that. All the years I wondered why so many people on this
list send duplicates of their texts. Now I know that this happens is by
intention.

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