From popserver Wed Oct 11 04:49:46 GMT 1994 Received: from argus.cso.uiuc.edu by ux4.cso.uiuc.edu with SMTP id AA07587 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 10 Oct 1994 23:45:51 -0500 Received: by argus.cso.uiuc.edu id AA19369 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for roth@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu); Mon, 10 Oct 1994 23:45:47 -0500 Received: from merle.acns.nwu.edu by argus.cso.uiuc.edu with SMTP id AA19620 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Mon, 10 Oct 1994 23:45:46 -0500 Received: by merle.acns.nwu.edu (1.37.109.11/20.1) id AA196030587; Mon, 10 Oct 1994 23:43:07 -0500 X-Ph: V4.3@argus.cso.uiuc.edu From: navaho@merle.acns.nwu.edu Message-Id: <199410110443.AA196030587@merle.acns.nwu.edu> Subject: Emailing a Portrait (fwd) To: deluded@mit.edu (Ronald Schmelzer with an "l"), hemlock@chinet.chinet.com (rachel leah leibovitz), dsjelen@students.wisc.edu (dov (I won't print your middle name) jelen), ds-cohen@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (deborah shoshana cohen), r-mcghee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (ryan mcghee), amerchan@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (abbas merchant), roth@uiuc.edu (mark roth), dan@overbyte.mit.edu (daniel pomerantz), rfeldhei@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (rachel feldheim), mbblum@uiuc.edu (michael blumenthal), u59965@uicvm.uic.edu (richard martinoff), u59927@uicvm.uic.edu (michelle yaffee), u20846@uicvm.uic.edu (ariella fay rosenberg), U16125@uicvm.uic.edu (Brucha S. Meyers), u28537@uicvm.uic.edu (reva robeson), ysoloff@mail.sas.upenn.edu (yedida leah soloff), kpolsky@mail.sas.upenn.edu (keren polsky), altman29@wharton.upenn.edu (STEVE ALTMAN), mwilson@merle.acns.nwu.edu (lord matthew james wilson), chadford@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu (Charad Sheerajin), wn9s@nwu.edu (albert schmelzer), baltman@merle.acns.nwu.edu (brian altman), emery@merle.acns.nwu.edu (emery chang), antman@merle.acns.nwu.edu (adam gibbons), tgordon@husc.harvard.edu (tamar gordon), klynn@ripco.com (kate hugart), jhm1685@is.NYU.EDU (Jacob H. Mendelsohn) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 23:43:07 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: navaho@nwu.edu (Nava Cohen) Reply-To: navaho@nwu.edu (Nava Cohen) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha3] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2193 Status: RO Forwarded message: >From rec.humor.funny Mon Oct 10 23:42:01 1994 Path: news.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!looking!funny-request Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 19:30:02 EDT Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny From: pariah@iinet.com.au (Michael Malone) Subject: Emailing a Portrait Keywords: laugh, computers Approved: funny@clarinet.com Lines: 48 The following email was exchanged over the last few days on our system. Only the names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent: ~From: User ~Subject: To: SysAdmin@classic.iinet.com.au ~Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 18:59:47 +0800 (WST) SysAdmin, how do I use mail to send my friend in the US a picture file of myself? User >From SysAdmin@classic.iinet.com.au ~Subject: Re: self portrait To: User ~Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 18:59:47 +0800 (WST) > SysAdmin, how do I use mail to send my friend in the US a picture file of > myself Ok. Its not often that we get a request for this kind of thing, but here goes. When logged into a unix system with email access, you need to type 'elm -s "photo" friend@site.us'. Now when it comes to the "Copies to:" prompt, stand in front of the screen so that you get a nice reflection on the glass. You may need to use some backlighting, such as a bright desk lamp for this. Now, without moving your face, press the "Print Screen" key on your keyboard (it is in the top right hand corner of the keyboard) Wait a few seconds, and then press return on the keyboard. You may wish to add an explanatory message in the body of the letter letting him know what the attached binary file is. Let me know if you have any problems with this, or if it doesn't work for your system. Some IBM "compatibles" don't fully support this feature, since it is rarely used. Good luck! SysAdmin -- Selected by Maddi Hausmann Sojourner. MAIL your joke to funny@clarinet.com. Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Remember: Always give your jokes a descriptive "Subject:" line. Don't use "joke" or "submission" or "joke submission," please. -- o Nava I'm so innocent, you can almost see the halo over my head.