Hello Alex.

17 Jul 06 23:27, you wrote to me:

 MV>> But you are wrong. Routing mail was a necessity when sending mail
 MV>> directly was too expensive. The new technology of fido over IP
 MV>> has freed us from that. We can now send our mail directly without
 MV>> any additional cost. We are no longer at the mercy of hubs and
 MV>> hosts that play games with our mail.

 AK> A lot of sysops don't read mail in unsecure inbound...

Only attached (compressed) files should end up in the unsecure inbound. Raw
*.pkt should always be processed. If not the system is configured wrong.

Of course, one should never send compressed mail to a system  one has made
no prior arrangements with.

 MV>> Anyway, your word games are unconvincing. 1+1=2, no matter what
 MV>> the outcome of the vote.

 AK> For programmers, 1+1=10. 

No, for real programmers 10=8+8.

Michiel

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