On 24.11.2019 14:59, Michiel van der Vlist -> Tony Langdon :

  TL>> Offline mail was heavily used to save mail reading time, and the
  TL>> terminal sessions were often used for browsing files, multiline chat
  TL>> and door games.  Then mail could be read after one's online time
  TL>> expired. :)

 MvdV> Metered local calls is what killed the BBS here.

We never had that "problem" here, we always paid for every second of
online time. Offline reading (and points) saved online time and made it
possible to have much more users. In most busy years there were over 100
calls per day in my bbs. :)

'Tommi

---