On 13/03/2019 00:18, Dan Clough -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> Could it be that Grandpa managed to read the Fidonet Policy which
 DD>> documented that procedure?

 DC> Good point.  I know P4 documents that, but the point was that the
 DC> instructions could be done much better.  Many of the Othernets
 DC> "infopacks" are great examples of this.  I believe there are some
 DC> works in progress on trying that for Fidonet...  :)

There have been "infopacks" published in the past, time and time again. They
tend to favour particular software and as that software is "superseded" then
the "infopack" becomes obsolete.

Once upon a time Fidonet sysops were "computer enthusiasts". Now they have
turned into "point and click"ers.

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Regards
David

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