In a message of 08 Nov 96 Paul Edwards wrote to me:

 PE> Far be it for me to judge what you spend your own hard-earned cash on,

Yes.  ;-)

 PE> but don't you think that 4 calls a day could be considered a tad
 PE> extravagent?

Hardly, since each call costs less than a local.

 PE>  I only poll for mail twice/day, at about 9pm AEST and
 PE> 5.30am AEST.  Unless you're really interested in getting advance
 PE> warning of Bob Lawrence's lunatic ravings, you don't actually achieve
 PE> much.  


I get the mail in and out faster - helps me to keep ahead when I go for a
few days without polling.

 PE> Then again, maybe you were preparing for the possibility of me getting
 PE> some internet feeds in from a new point?  We'll see.

That might just be the case....



Scott Hillard          c9520272{at}alinga.newcastle.edu.au                    
                                                                           
                           

... Yoda of Borg I am, asimilated you will be.  Hmph.

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