Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:05:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@ROGERS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: New SAS-L World Record
Comments: To: "Kirby, Ted" <ted.kirby@LEWIN.COM>

Ted,

The OP sent the following earlier this afternoon:

I am really sorry about the last post where the attached data in a Text file
showed up in the message and therefore created problems for people to read
what the exact question was. However, I was able to find the solution on my
won through some digging on my own. Once again many apologies for creating
problems.
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:57:32 -0500, Kirby, Ted <ted.kirby@LEWIN.COM> wrote:

>Has anyone heard from the OP on why or how the record-breaking message
>was transmitted?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Michael Raithel
>Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:23 PM
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: New SAS-L World Record
>
>Dear SAS-L-ers,
>
>Art posted the following:
>
>> While MMMMIIIIKKKKEEEE's Chance to make SAS-L history thread earned a
>> SAS-L
>> world record last year for being the longest ever running thread on
>> SAS-L,
>> one of today's posts earns the dubious distinction of being the single
>> post
>> with the most lines ever on SAS-L.
>>
>> I checked all posts from the list's first post on the Marist listserv
>> (Nov
>> 13, 1986) thru today (on the UofG listserv).  88,685 lines was more
>> than 4.8
>> times longer than the post that came in second (18,355 lines).
>>
>> Have to wonder how many email accounts were maxed-out as a result?
>>
>
>Art, we may as well tell those very few SAS-L-ers who cannot read
>between the lines:  While you may want to contribute to or beat the
>"Chance to Make SAS-L History" thread, you certainly shouldn't attempt
>to set a new record for the # of lines in a posting.  Nope!  Let's let
>that record stand.