-=> Quoting Bob Lawrence to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Bob,

 BL> There isn't...
 
 JT> Yeah, I think it refers to the person who started the thread,
 JT> and going on the goings-on in avtech and such, the "thread"
 JT> changes thread many many times even though the subject remains
 JT> the same. :-)

 BL> Without a To: our AVT-style mail will develop into a total shambles.
 BL> I still remember the first time I discovered AVT, after Frank told me
 BL> to have a look 'cos I'd liek it (he was obviously insulting me). I'd
 BL> come from the SPCUG where everyone is polite and well organised, and
 BL> there was a Subject "My new VCR" discussing farting in
nursing homes.
 BL> WOW! Straight away, I knew these were my kinda people.
 
 It didn't take too long to evolve to that either, I moved over into avtech
when they original gang got kicked out of z3tech.

 BL> I would hope so. The ultimate is to send mail already processed in
 BL> database form.

 Transport the mail in a mailbase type format?  I spose it would make things
easier if your message base uses the same format, but that isn't the case.
There are a million different message base format to pick from, and not all
software supports the one I use.  A mail reader I wanted to used at one stage
used squish but not jam, and my tosser does jam but not squish.  I have to
change both my packages to do what I want.  Sheeze.

 BL> Then all you do is read it and add a path line... BUT,
 BL> PEWankerNet should remain Internet UUCP compatible so that we can not
 BL> only use the Internet to transport it, but also accept UUCP feeds and
 BL> give them.

 Which sorta stuffs your idea, internet does not use any wonderful
"database"
format for the transport.
 
 JT> Depending on how popular the store-and-forward method becomes,
 JT> it may happen too. But, going on what has happened in the past,
 JT> I don't see there being any increase in demand for a better
 JT> UUCP. If we want a better one, we'll have to invent it
 JT> ourselves.

 BL> The whole concept has changed... not minutes on the phone but HOURS.

 Stiff shit.  When it gets to 15 hour transfer times, you can get a full-time
connection.  That's what they did originally while usenet was growing.  You
would spend more time on the phone, than not.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... I've been set adrift in a sea of idiots.
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