-=>> qUOTING MARK LEWIS TO pAUL eDWARDS <=-

 ml>> because that old QBBS tearline used to state that the system
 ml>> was unregistered and a lot of people didn't like that. so...
 ml>> now the tearline is USERtext instead of a control line... how
 ml>> am i so accurate on the approx dates of this? because RA v0.04
 ml>> was released then and that's when i picked it and fidonet up
 ml>> >

 LE> Actually, given the above history, retearing is something that
 LE> should have been jumped on when it started. The ability to
 LE> retear does not in any way imply that retearing is something
 LE> that you *should* do.

we tried... in fact, i believe that joho's PID proposal, at least
partially, stems from this retear stuff...

 LE> Frankly, I think Fidonet should have seen what was going on and
 LE> told sysops that use of retear was grounds for loss of node
 LE> number. Instead the netwwork looked the other way at making it
 LE> easier for sysops to rip off shareware authors.

hehe, how many times have you ever been told to "go pound salt" ?? :-)

how many times can a good pair of asbestos underware take a good flaming? :-)

)\/(ark