Hello Niels,

On May 06 16:40 in a msg to Poe Lim, Niels Petersen of 3:711/934.22 wrote:

 > It shouldn't be all that hard, as most names will stand out. The FReq
 > method is also a possibility,

 NP> The FREQ from TML is the best way as most people are calling him
 NP> regularly for mail.

I don't think most; quite a few, but not most. :)

His modems don't seem to like him either...

 > perhaps as a file echo that is distributed
 > directly to interested nodes. What can be done is a to have certain
 > direct connections in place, then when a new file is created, announce
 > it here and nodes call in to pick up files on hold for them.

 NP> I'm not clued up file echoes.

It's easy, just like Fido mail packets except they are files, usually with
a TIC file with description.

> Or even an AVTECH echo for UUENCODEs passed directly.

 NP> That one I can understand

That is the other possibility; the file echo idea will enable us to set up
an AVTECH file area, and also have only one copy of the file to copy to all
points/other nodes, rather than several packets of the same file.

Cheers,
Poe

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