Sunday September 04 2016 16:36, you wrote to me:

 AI>> I read a comment that confirms this in an othernet recently. One
 AI>> of the nodes posted that he only uses netmail in fidonet and that
 AI>> he dropped the fidonet echoes at some point in the past.

 DD> Why - If he is doing FTN over internet?

I don't recall his reasons now but they were not related to cost.

 DD> SMTP email is faster and less hassle than running a Fidonet node just
 DD> for point to point email.

I find netmail simple and hassle free. A direct netmail is just as fast as
email, maybe faster. Routed netmail is almost as fast as email as well, as long
as the route is good.

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