Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:30:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU>
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Subject: Re: re PIPELINING
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On 7 Mar 1996 02:21:16 GMT, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
> I'm pointing out technical flaws in the DRUMS documents. Ignoring me
> would be a violation of the trust that the Internet community places in
> the IETF working groups.

There is no requirement that any WG pay attention to cranks or crank email.

> In contrast, Mark, you are spewing completely unjustified garbage.

This is the sort of inappropriate comment that causes you to be classified as
a crank.  Until you learn to address the rest of us in a civil manner and with
respect for conflicting opinions, I see no reason to give you or your opinions
the time of day.

> Take, for example, your claim that qmail's delivery doesn't scale.

Neither I, nor anyone else, has said anything about qmail.  I am terribly
sorry if you feel that the quality of your software has been impugned.  This
is a protocol working group, not a software working group.  Whatever qmail
does or does not do is irrelevant; the protocol technique that you describe
does not scale.

> If you want to go babble in the corner about ``single-threaded FIFO
> queues,'' fine, but don't spread lies about my work.

Once again, this lack of basic civility

I suggest that you read an introductory CS textbook with special attention to
the topics of application threading and queue management.  Nobody has to lie
to discredit your work; you do a fine enough job with your relentlessly
obnoxious behavior.  If you don't like the result, stop doing the thing that
causes it.