PE>> Basically, there's not many people left here, and in addition,
PE>> those two echos may effectively be cut when I "go internet".
PE>> But then, maybe some of those people will start polling me
PE>> also, for the "internet side", in which case they will be back.

BL> What does this mean?

I thought that was a good explanation (even on rereading).

BL> I thought your idea was to set up an alternate net with you as the
BL> hub... trading internet-type packets so we can either poll you or an
BL> ISP direct for LOCUSER (or maybe AVT-reborn)?

That is mostly correct.  Although you won't necessarily have the option of
polling an ISP for LOCUSER, you may need to poll me, or John T, or someone
else in the "new net".  It's only the existing newsgroups (such
as comp.lang.c) which you can choose either way.

BL> Is this still your idea? I thought it was a great idea... a way to
BL> dip a toe into the Internet standards without all the crap of www and
BL> home pages and shit.

Yes, that's exactly what it is.

BL> I shall be excessively annoyed if you cut me when you go internet. 

I won't cut you.  I will require you to change software though.

BL> I'll need a while to swap software (and write my TinyPoint internet-QWK 
BL> conversion), or move back to the PCUG.

Sure, I won't be swapping until I have given you a "10 easy
steps" to set up the new software under MSDOS process, and I'll say
"rightio, the new stuff will be up between 10am and 10pm today, try it
out" sort of thing.

BL> Where can I get details of the Internet dialog equivalent to the Fido 
BL> Wazoo hello? 

At this very moment, I don't know.  I am fairly certain that it will be
called RFC-something, but that's all I know at the moment.

BL> I'm using Telix to dial up, and I need to know what crap
BL> to send to poll for Internet mail so I can rewrite TinyPoint.

Sure.  You may need to use someone else's software in the short term
though. Even I'm doing that.  I'll replace it once I have a running system.

I'll see if I can get the specs for you.

BFN.  Paul.
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