To: John Tserkezis

 BL> The ultimate is to send mail already processed in database
 BL> form.

 JT> Transport the mail in a mailbase type format? I spose it would
 JT> make things easier if your message base uses the same format,
 JT> but that isn't the case.

  I know it's not the case, but I'm talking about an ideal system.

 JT> There are a million different message base format to pick from,
 JT> and not all software supports the one I use. A mail reader I
 JT> wanted to used at one stage used squish but not jam, and my
 JT> tosser does jam but not squish. I have to change both my
 JT> packages to do what I want. Sheeze.

  There aren't a million, just three: Lotus, M$ and Borland. Of
course, anyone can write his own format if you want to stuff things
up...

 JT> Which sorta stuffs your idea, internet does not use any
 JT> wonderful "database" format for the transport.

  The internet is a telephone line. You can wrap the format any way
you like on the line...

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

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

  Telephones are for talking, mail is something else. I meant that the
*computer* is online for hours, not us.

Regards,
Bob
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