FM> Oh? What about his points (say, Bob Lawrence) who want to call
 FM> Paul to get the internet news groups? That will be fido won't
 FM> it?

  I don't care what format he uses - it's only the mail that interests
me - but as far as I can work out, Paul intends to have UUCP-only. I
prefer it that way, anyway. Once I set up for Paul on UUCP I can poll
an ISR directly using the same software, but as far as I can work out,
each ISR has his own software to make UUCP mail available and to
select the newgroups you want... even what they use to compess the
packets and zmodem! That leaves me with a core UUCP reader at my end,
and some sort of UNIX fuckup to connect the ISP. I suppose If
everything else fails, I can pick up newsgroups from the PCUG as QWK,
BUT...

  I'm not sure what Paul intends to do with AVT. I thought his idea
was to take the Fido echoes of interest and use the Internet to move
them; that someone would upload AVT onto the Internet and I could get
it called arsewipe{at}happyvalley.AVT.com.au or something. Now, I haven't
got a clue what he intends. He's even talking about cutting LOCUSER.

  I thought the plan was a net to bypass Fido, using the same free
(or minimal charge) voluntary approach as Fido without the silly rules
and wankers - someone with spare ISP time (like Paul) uploads Fido
echoes onto the Internet using Internet UUCP protocols; someone else
moves them interstate, and the rest of us make local calls to Paul (or
whoever) to pick up the UUCP mail we want. Now Paul is saying that AVT
and LOCUSER will die, not just in name but in content.   

  In his inimitable way, Paul has confused me totally, but that's
normal. I survived pkt2qwk.

Regards,
Bob
 
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