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Subject: Re: The tainted message
To: enricod@videotron.ca (Enrico Demarin)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:45:21 +0100 (BST)
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> Well a smart user could eliminate the tainted stuff and get support
> anyway. 
> What's the point of having such a message ? I think it's trivial to get
> rid of it anyway.

Smart users are not the problem. Most of the problems are generated by
people who simply don't know better. If you know enough to remove the message
you generally know enough to try with and without and send a useful report
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