From fork-admin@xent.com Wed Oct 9 10:55:09 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by example.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B57C16F17 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:52:52 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:52:52 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g98JKUK30723 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 20:20:31 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563212940E5; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from qu.to (njl.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.218.112.39]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C42F2940E4 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:19:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 3564 invoked by uid 500); 8 Oct 2002 19:25:13 -0000 From: Ned Jackson Lovely To: fork@example.com Subject: Re: The absurdities of life. Message-Id: <20021008152513.C1063@ibu.internal.qu.to> References: <3DA3294A.8000209@cse.ucsc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DA3294A.8000209@cse.ucsc.edu>; from elias@cse.ucsc.edu on Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:51:54AM -0700 X-Cell: +1.617.877.3444 X-Web: http://www.njl.us/ Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:25:13 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,T_NONSENSE_FROM_00_10,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:51:54AM -0700, Elias wrote: > So, given the apparent commonality of these occurances, companies appear > to be losing a large amount of money by mailing these tiny checks out. > Why can't they simply credit the account in question on the next bill? > Granted, if an account has been closed there is no such option... I've been waiting for Hettinga to regale us with one of his well-tuned micro-cash-bearer-settlement-geodesic-finance rants. Bob, you are SO disappointing me. -- njl