> On 4/09/2016 5:31 AM, Janis Kracht -> David Drummond wrote:
>>> Without echo mail Fidonet is nothing. The sole purpose of Fidonet is to
>>> transact mail between nodes.

>> Netmail, yes.  Echomail is an "addon".  You show me anyone or any document
> that
>> says you have to be able to configure your _echomail tosser_ to get a
> node
>> number... :) :)

>AN echo mail tosser is not a mail transport mechanism. The mailer is that. The
> mailer's use is to transact mail packets - predominantly echomail packets.

Does not matter David...  Your system may move "predominantly echomail
packets", however this week my system moved 67M of file distribution files.
Echomail this week (last 7 days) was a mere 2672 messages.

> Show me a use for Fidonet today if it is not echomail transport. Yes, netmail
> is transacted too but in minute amounts compared with echomail.

There is a lot more than netmail moving through Fidonet.

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