<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Benjamin,<div class="">If that’s the pronoun someone specifically wishes us to use to refer to them then isn’t it polite to do so? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MMC</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 12 Sep 2017, at 3:41 pm, Benjamin Ricardo <<a href="mailto:ben.ricardo@acs.com.au" class="">ben.ricardo@acs.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Just so long as we don’t have to start calling each other “ze” or “zer”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Dino Sosic<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, 13 September 2017 8:19 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mark Smith <<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">markzzzsmith@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>> <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [AusNOG] to US via Vocus<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Indeed Mark. I apologize to you and all the other ladies out there that may have felt left out with that salutation :) <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">I disagree on the 2nd point, but thats ok too.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">cheers mate,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Dino<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"><span style="" class=""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></span></div><div id="divRpF13219" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mark Smith [<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">markzzzsmith@gmail.com</a>]<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:35 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dino Sosic<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><</span><a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [AusNOG] to US via Vocus</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">I know there are Ladies here too, ignoring them in your salutation might not result in the best and quickest help you can get. 'Hello/Hi All' is the best salutation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Even better is to call Vocus first, and if you haven't been helped effectively, state that or describe why you're resorting to asking here. Asking here should be a last resort, not a first.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">On 12 Sep 2017 12:42, "Dino Sosic" <</span><a href="mailto:Dino.Sosic@datacom.com.au" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Dino.Sosic@datacom.com.au</a><span style="" class="">> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt; margin: 5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Hi gents,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Anyone from Vocus network around to demystify some routing and speed issues to the US? Let me know off-list.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Cheers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Dino<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Confidentiality and Privilege Notice</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">This document is intended solely for the named addressee. 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