BL>   You keep accusing me a the fuckwit system already in existence; all
BL> I want to do is make it more adaptable to graphics. IMO, the nul
BL> terminator is a dickhead idea. It would make much more sense to use
BL> the Pascal-string idea and put the length of the message upfront, so

Of course it would be.  And if you take a look at the Type-3 formats,
you will find this is what they do.  Bit too late to change Type-2
though.  10 years too late maybe even.

BL>   One thing is for sure... Fido is being left behind by the
BL> capabilities of the Internet. We're running an ascii-DOS system and
BL> the World has moved on.

It's a shame that the internet's mail format is pure text then,
eh?  BFN.  Paul.
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