Dave, at 22:21 on Jul 14 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

db> (they're multiplying with every new release .. I blame USR for starting
db> this!).

BG> You should actually be blaming Rockwell, and their insistence upon
BG> going ahead with V.FC...

db> USR's modems had a gazillion-trillion-billion little options/commands all 
db> over the place long before V.FC came into the picture .. now everyone else 
db> thinks that it's "fashionable" to have more commands than
you'll ever need 
db> (noooo, don't touch that one - it'll explode!!!).   ;-)

I think we tend to forget that BBS users running modems on PSTN lines
likely account for less than 10% of all modem users (and if you can believe
Mike Richardson from HH & BW at Lutwyche, fewer than 5% locally). 
Perhaps the corporate and govt users need all of that security stuff, who
knows?

BG> If you do use %E2, keep an eye on it, as some implementations are 
BG> apparently a little trigger happy, and tend to attempt to retrain far too 
BG> frequently.

db> Thanks for the warning.

I'd actually be interested to hear how it works for you, as I heard that
the problem has been fixed in recent implementations.

Regards, Bill
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