->  > Is this method too simplistic and am I missing some advantage in not
->  > using readers and packets? (BlueWave and QWK packets as an example)

->  How many phone lines do you have?  Does your local phone company
->  bill for calls by the minute?  Or is all your on-line time with
->  a BBS free?

->  These are points which must be considered when thinking about
->  using an off-line reader.

 And that is a very BIG one. In my case if I still had only One Phone
Line using QWK packets(OR Equal) would have bene a necisity.
But with a Dediucated "Modem" line it is not a necessity.
Although I am fibbing a little as it concerns my preference fo Live On
like work, as I do use Agent for what little Newsgroup work I do and it
is just the Modern equlilvent of the old Packet Reader programs. As is
any "E" mail Reader.
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