[GRLUG] Mark Crispin illness

[Topher]

I'm still on the Alpine email list, and this came through today.  I 
thought you guys might find it interesting.

>> From: Barry Leiba <barryleiba at computer.org>
>> Date: 20. marraskuuta 2012 2.44.51 UTC+2.00
>> To: imap5 at ietf.org, imapext at ietf.org, imap-protocol at u.washington.edu, 
>> imap-use at u.washington.edu
>> Subject: [imapext] News about Mark Crispin
>> Reply-To: imap5 at ietf.org
>> 
>> Everyone here knows Mark Crispin -- or at least knows who he is: Mark 
>> is the author of the original IMAP specification, and has taken it 
>> through its different versions to the present IMAP4rev1.  He's written 
>> reference implementations of both server and client, and has been a 
>> vocal participant on all the mailing lists I'm posting this to.
>> 
>> I'm sad to have to report that Mark is now terminally ill, and is in 
>> hospice care.
>> 
>> For now, at least, I'm told that Mark is at least somewhat aware.  If 
>> anyone has brief well-wishing messages they'd like to send him, please 
>> post them to the <imap5 at ietf.org> mailing list, and I'll forward them 
>> to Mark's long-term companion, Annie.  I will also post updates to that 
>> list as I get them.
>> 
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>> 
>> Barry Leiba