-=> Quoting John Passaniti to Scott Little <=-

 > lines will almost be permanent from the amount of time
 > needed to carry all the data.
 JP> I just don't get it.  There seems to be a mindset here that if a
 JP> feature exists in software, that feature will be abused. With that

Well, it makes sense to me. If it's there, you're gonna use it.

 JP> in preventing people from using technology, but in the intelligent use
 JP> of that technology. 

Exactly. But you can't trust people. Give an inch and they'll take a mile..

 JP> existing text-based echo conferences.  For those people who can handle
 JP> the load, let them choose the multimedia-based echo conferences. 

I was refering to the actual net servers themselves. It is mostly the
co-ordinators that call long distance AND usually get as many echos as they
can for their downlinks.

 > because sysops do NOT like to have to carry those few extra
 > bytes invlolved. HTML will add more than just that to every
 > message.
 JP> Really?  Here's my HTML signature file:
 Write me at">mailto:philjohn{at}eznet.net">
 JP> philjohn{at}eznet.net

Sorry, you missed my point. A 2-3 line signature adds about 160 bytes to each
message. If the message has more then 4 or 5 hypertext changes, it'll go past
that 160 byte mark. If sysops don't want a mere 160 byte signature, then they
won't want much hypertext stuff either.

Regards,
 - SoNiC

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