Yo! Rick:
Friday June 20 1997 05:45, Rick Wilson wrote to MODERATOR:
 M>> See the bottom area of the nodelist for a clue.  Then search your
 M>> nodelist for all instances of "XW".
 RW> So you're 100% positive that ALL Mac systems have the XW flag set up??
 RW> Don't count on it.  The nodelist is notorious for not being "correct".
The secret to success in the public messaging network is to first READ what 
the other fellow says.  Don't skip any words, phrases, sentences, or 
paragraphs. READ and assimilate it all.  FIRST.  Before replying.
To that end, please READ my posts to which you responded, half-cocked and 
rather unprepared.
I CLEARLY elucidated the room for error and the inexactness of my cull of the 
database.  Subsequent messages offered more clarification. It was incumbent 
on YOU to read them. Had you done so, your above would not have been 
necessary.
Then, it is reasonably vital for READERS to use their natural intelligence 
when ripping through a message.  Since you "know" the nodelist, then you 
would also "know" that all but one of the mailers (XW) listed in the bottom 
of the nodelist cannot be operated on a Mac.
If you want to argue that a Mac can run a DOS emulation, then do so.  But 
tell me how many self-respecting Mac'ers will run DOS on their holy machines, 
especially when Mac software IS available?  Some, maybe, but not many.
Not enough to skew the overall results that can be gleaned by a SEARCH for 
"XW" mailer codes. So some "XW" codes aren't Mac's.  That will be offset by 
those Mac's that use FrontDoor in DOS emulation.  The overall validity of my 
analysis, statistically speaking, will not be appreciably altered.
My estimate and analysis WAS backed up with some checkable numbers.  Yours is 
only so much blah-blah....  and judging from what I've seen of your recent 
posts on this echo and another one, please understand that this is the ONLY 
and final semblance of a warning that you will receive.
Kindly place any further edged barbs, pseudo-attacks, and derrogatory 
comments into either netmail or e-mail.
You are always free to disagree.....but when you do....do so WITHOUT malice, 
emotion, diatribe......and do so WITH sum and substance.  That is, if you 
think there are more than 500 Macintoshes running FidoNet in North America, 
then provide the BASIS for your contrary opinion.
Otherwise, don't opine.
Bill Cheek ~ bcheek@san.rr.com
Moderator - SCANRADIO
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