On 4/09/2016 9:36 AM, Janis Kracht -> David Drummond wrote:

 >> 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.

 JK> Does not matter David...  Your system may move "predominantly echomail
 JK> packets",

Of course I am speaking of "my system" - I have no authority/expertise
regarding anyone else's.

 JK> however this week my system moved 67M of file distribution
 JK> files.

Another redundant service - better suited by people getting the files from
their source on the Web.

 JK> 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.

 JK> There is a lot more than netmail moving through Fidonet.

All redundant - other than Fidonet's echomail. The public news servers don't
really offer the same service.

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Regards
David

E&OE

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