In a message to Kerry Penny on 04 Feb 95 01:29:36, you wrote the following:

 KP>      Well, if you think about it, that means that when the
 KP> program is tossing, it's a tosser.  When it's mailing, it's
 KP> a mailer.

 AC> A program is usually defined based upon it's primary purpose.  FrontDoor
 AC> is a mailer (not a tosser).  A Ford is a motor car (not a cigarette
 AC> lighter).

 KP> I was clarifying what Robert Williamson was saying about 
 KP> tossers handling messages, and mailers handling mail.  Someone 
 KP> had stated that some packages do both.

 AC> Robert's original comment, "tossers unpack, mailers send
files", is not 
 AC> entirely correct.  Some mailers often process mail before, after, or
 AC> perhaps even during, a mail session.

 We are getting somewhat silly here :)
 My  front-end system can 'process' mail during a session, I can even reply
to  a  pkt  and  send the reply pkt during the same session.  The front-end
program  performs  any  number of functions, included amongst these are:ftn
mailer,    uucp    mailer,   login,   fax,   tosser,   filerequest_handler,
filerequest_tracker,  netmail_tracker,  echogate, qwk_packer, ftp_simulator
etc.  etc etc.  This does not make the 'mailer' a 'tosser'.

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