Hi Joe,

 >> Maybe. But it does better than the freeware version of FD. And
 >> there is no way that I will be paying again for a POTS mailer.

 > I think the latest release of FD does quite a bit.

FD is abandonware, just like InterMail. No use changing the one for the other.

 >>  > I have switched to Taurus myself.

 >> I may do that too one day, but if I do, it won't be because
 >> I need a replacement for my POTS mailer. The last two years
 >> I haven't got more than three or four calls a year by POTS, in
 >> fact there is just ONE sysop calling every three or four month
 >> to deliver a pointlist segment.

And if the need araises, we will work out a work around for him.

 >> It is not worth the effort to replace my POTS mailer any more.
 >> So I will just ride out the POTS era with InterMail. If I dump
 >> it, it will be because I dump POTS altogether. For you the
 >> situation may be different.

 > It is.  I have a dialup user, and as NC plus RC, I have nodes,
 > and NCs that still use pots.

Makes sense for you to maintain good POTS connectivity then for the time being.

 >> If I change to Taurus - or something else - it will be because
 >> Irex no longer fits my needs. A distinct possibility as in my
 >> estimate it is on the verge of becoming abandonware. :-(

 > It may very well be.  I still use it.

Charles keeps saying he is working on it, but there has not been an update
for years....

 > Right now I am unable to get Taurus to send any packets, without
 > manual intervention.  It sees all the packets, but wont send them,
 > unless I manually attach those packets to the node.  Because I
 > cannot read Russian, I dont know what the problems is.

The docs are only available in Russian? Well, that settles it. No Taurus
for me. I don't want to torture myself with going through the learning
curve without being able to  read the docs.


Cheers, Michiel

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