Hi Mark,

You wrote on 30.04.03 about "NETMAIL?":

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AS>> Your last comment about SysOp's manual intervention, *might*
AS>> be part of the answer Mark. TTBOMK, the BBS that Greg's posting
AS>> via - is an eSoft's TBBS/TIMS/FLAME combination.

ml> ahhh...

Or "aaarrgh!" as the case may be when you read a little more -  
later :)

AS>> *If* he's doing the messaging via the TBBS QSO "door" then,
AS>> provided Brian Wormald's set things up for his QWK/QSO users
AS>> to send Netmail, Greg would probably have to use that old
AS>> "first line of message kluge" in order to send.  IYSWIM.

ml> yes, i do...

Good ;)

ml> i'll never understand why folk didn't fully embrace the fido
ml> methods ;-(  things would have been so much better... heck, even
ml> adding security features such that a sysop could see netmail
ml> routing and header info without seeing the message body is/was
ml> possible... that, in itself, would have prevented much of the
ml> privacy issues that abound(ed)... sometimes it sucks to be a
ml> hobbiest ;-((

Now for the next "oh nasty!":
Ah-but, but, but ...... don't forget that a TIMS/TBBS/FLAME  
combo, (providing you're thinking about recommending Greg to a  
changeover to Point situation), uses the old Fakenet method/s.

Technically, much depending on Brian Wormald's know-how with his  
TBBS setup, it'd only take about 5 minutes to set Greg up as a  
Point.  With the added proviso that Greg would have to be  
knowledgeable - or have some good guidance available - enough to  
put bits together OK at his end.
PPoint, or maybe an old copy of ESC158 or 159, plus bits is  
*possibly* the easiest start for such.

TTFN,

Archie

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