> 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.