Russell Tiedt wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RT> Hello Roy.

 RT> 07 Apr 04 04:07, you wrote to Bo Simonsen:

 RT> I have a particular reason for strongly wanting to have this work,
 RT> too,  *if* it will work for me to replace my current setup.  I'm
 RT> currently one of only three active systems in NET270.  Both of the
 RT> other guys are long distance from me and from each other.  I'm also LD
 RT> from any possible feed,  so it's costing people money to move this
 RT> echomail to and from my system.  Admittedly not anywhere near as much
 RT> as it did when fidonet was much bigger,  but still a situation I'd
 RT> like to do away with.

 RT> BinkD/Binkp via internet makes any system anywhere, a "local" call.

Hmm.  You sure caught my interest with that one!  And this is available under linux?

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