Comment by justusthane
7 months ago
It’s a test of an old probably apocryphal story about a university that couldn’t send an email more than 500 miles: https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
7 months ago
It’s a test of an old probably apocryphal story about a university that couldn’t send an email more than 500 miles: https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
Both the person who supposedly configured Sendmail, and the person who wrote the story, have defended the truthfulness of it on HN in the past.
Good to know! I do love the story.
Commenting late on this but I seriously didn't know about the story beforehand.