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to: David Drummond
from: Robert Couture
date: 2006-03-29 16:24:54
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Hello David.

30 Mar 06 06:37, you wrote to me:

DD|> Oh - I run a native TCP/IP mailer for the non-POTS stuff.

Well *I* know that :)

RC>> It is attitudes like this that are the biggest problem.  

DD|> Not at all, the POTS network still exists. BinkleyTerm still works
DD|> perfectly for that.

Yes ... but it dwindles fast and shall become the minority eventually.

DD|> Storing IP numbers in the phone number field is not an "advancement of
DD|> the network" when there are so many other places to place the IP
DD|> number that don't "break" anything.

Nothing gets broken putting the number there if one uses current software
and employs a little thought into their setup.

Not that there cannot be a better place.  But that prings up the next
debate and that's using the new version of MakeNL and some of its advanced
features.

Robert

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