DS>  Here is a newbie type of question.  I have been seeing the term TIC or
 DS>  TICK, but have no idea what folks are talking about.   Can you give me
 DS>  a beginners description of what it all means?

Think Fido (Arf! Arf!) Net and Tic (Tick) files which usually accompany
incoming files like parisites through file echoes.  The Tic file is a small
file that tags along that identifies the name of the file, the file echo it
is coming from, and the address it is destined for.

That's about it, by way of brief descriptions.

GK

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