On 17 May 2024, kk4qbn said the following...
 
 kk> Ok, so your saying you have both you FTN and QWK networks set to CRASH
 kk> anytime something comes in? really does'nt seem like something you would
 kk> want to do with echomail.. maybe NETMAIL, but not echomail.. Now I have

i frequently watch people have chats in near realtime on FTN. it wouldn't be unreasonable to implement a "scan for new messages forever" option on a BBS nowadays and just have it spew messages realtime.

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