1237b1c81998
dos_internet



Hello Mark - 

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SH>> I'll remember that if the problem arises. But what does
SH>> one do if some of the members have no netmail capacity?
SH>> Stew?:-) 

ml> FWIW: /everyone/ in fidonet has netmail capability... some
ml> systems and sysops just don't implement it due to other
ml> factors... the most major of those factors being lack of
ml> education on its operation and workings... 

I _may_ be mis-remembering this but in the days when BBS
charged for access to FIDO on a per reply basis (something like
$.03 as I recall?) all netmail was billed at a higher rate. I
think all netmail was what is called 'crash mail' now? It was
sent directly to the BBS via long distance land lines and not
routed through normal FIDO nodes? 

Could be that many only remember the 'crash mail'? It also
seems that netmail is 'lost' more often than normal 'traffic'
from what I read in the Z1B and NAB echos over some time. :-\ 

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