On (23 Jun 95) Rod Speed wrote to Keith Richardson...



BW> upcoming version 2.20 release of the Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader.

 RS> author

BW> George Hatchew has authorized me to post the following list of

 RS> features.



BW> *  When writing a NetMail reply, the reader now properly scans

BW>    the message for the destination address (including checking

BW>    the FMPT, INTL, MSGID, and origin lines).  This should resolve

BW>    almost all problems related to replying to point systems.

RS>                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

RS> Funny that, that just happens to be one of the most popular OLRs

 RS> around.



RS> And this is describing BlueWave packets, its less than clear if

RS> that also applys to QWK packets when BlueWave is used to read them.



BW> *  The reader can now be configured to split long reply messages.

BW>    A split message will be saved as multiple reply messages.



RS> Funny that |-)



KR> it is easy, if you want to send netmail, get some

KR> software that allows you to do the job properly,



 RS> Its even easier, tell poor old Keef that while he might well be a

 RS> complete rabid FRZ about PPoint, many think its shit and wont use it.



i dont give a shit who uses ppoint, but at least i can send netmail to

whomsoever i like, and it gets there whether or not they are on a point.

perhaps you will be able to do that one day (:



KR> christ, theres enough of it around.



 RS> In your opinion. Presumably not in the opinion of those who use

 RS> stuff like BlueRipple tho Keef. They appear to have noticed that

 RS> its not actually a one sized fits all world out there.



true, if you just want to read email, or send echomail, qwk readers are

ok, if you want to send netmail, they stink. if some-one is a moderator

or some other member of the fidocracy, and thereby need to send netmail,

they should get some software capable of the job.



                        Keith



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