[TUHS] finger usage (was: pronouncing *nix formulas (was: screen editors))

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Friday,  7 February 2020 at  6:55:28 +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>
> Oh, my .plan in those days said "To rid the world of Intel chips"
> (sorry Clem, but this was back in the days of Intel vs. Moto).  It
> now reads "To rid the world of M$ software" but these days the
> finger service is generally blocked.

It is?  My .sig (not modified for this answer) includes a finger
reference, and "it works for me".  Do some services block incoming
fingers?

Greg
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