LYNX-DEV Re: Forms in Lynx

[Foteos Macrides]

Gregory Resch <address@hidden> wrote to me and lynx-dev:
>On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Foteos Macrides wrote:
>
>> address@hidden wrote to me instead of lynx-dev:
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>
>I presume from your attribution there that you think my message to you was
>out of place.

        Yes, but not for the reason you presume.


>               But I did write to lynx-dev first.  The only reply I
>recieved was from one Philip Webb, who suggested (as quoted in my previous
>message to you) that I look through the Lynx archives.  The most pertinent
>discussion I found there included a message of yours, as I explained in my
>previous message to you. 
>
>Why the (only) reply had come from some stranger and not from lynx-dev, I
>have no idea. But I'd think that smart people would know how to interpret
>lynx-dev addressing and delivery processes better than I.
>
>I like Lynx, I'm grateful for all the effort that's gone into its
>development and support, and I thought I was following customary
>procedures for getting a little help.  I can appreciate the reluctance of
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>current Lynx developers to get a lot of mail; but perhaps there's still a
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>flaw in the readily-available help, since it could not deal with my
>question.  ("Cookies" isn't covered very well, either.) 

        I can't speak for others, but in my case, I am not reluctant to
get a lot of mail, including spam, if necessary to keep lynx-dev posting
fully open.  I am reluctant to discuss matters concerning Lynx outside of
address@hidden, so as to minimize the risk of it's development becoming
excessively fragmented.

        The only private email I willingly accept and keep private (don't
CC replies to lynx-dev) is requests for the SSL hook replacement files.
Once those requests include all of the assurances I need so as not to
violate existing laws and patents, I save them, and email the uuencoded
replacement file set.

        Also, I am not a "current Lynx developer", i.e., the fotemods
code I make available contains bug fixes and enhancments I've made in
the vanilla v2.7.1 release for my personal use, and installed here for
use by others at the WFBR.  I also make it available to the current
Lynx developers, and anyone else who might be interested in it, in
compliance with the GNU GPL for Lynx.

                                Fote

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