-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 01 Nov 09  01:39:36 <=-

 > I haven't tried web interfaces yet... I'm even less inclined
 > to do so now...  Telnet works fine, and I'm not going to other
 > than text-based any time soon, either.   :)

 MK> For the mostpart telnet is better but I noticed issues when posting
 MK> preformatted messages.  Not sure it was a display problem from the
 MK> remote or if indeed some wires got crossed in between.  Didn't bother
 MK> saving those as I didn't want to chance it.  The same messages had no
 MK> such issues when using the web interface on the same BBS.  A proper
 MK> offline reader/editor would solve that methinks but if there is one
 MK> for this particular BBS I have yet to notice. 
 MK> So far for the cheat I am using the web interface works best.

Hmmm...  I see.  Since I've been using the offline reader for as long as
I've been actively messaging, I've never done it any differently.  The
Bluewave reader reads both BW and QWK packets (and replies as well to
both), so it's all I've needed no matter what the software was, as long
as there was some sort of QWK or BW offline door on the bbs.  The only
trouble I had, at the beginning of my telnet experience, was when Zmodem
transfers didn't work for uploads (since I'm strictly DOS)... that's
been long since solved, and so that's not a problem any more (and that
would have precluded my uploading previously composed text as well). 
I'd think that Janis has some sort of offline door that would have at
least QWK packets... maybe you should ask her?

 > So if you wanted to track them down for a current event, you
 > probably could do so.  :)

 MK> As long as they advertise it somewhere on the internet where the
 MK> Google bot can find it, yes.  Usually it takes about a week before the
 MK> bot finds it I've noticed.  I imagine if the proper palms were greased
 MK> things would happen faster. 

Probably wouldn't hurt... ;)   No, I was just thinking that the after
the fact stuff might have some sort of contact information in the
article, like an email address or a a website that one could go directly
to to find out about upcoming events... :)

ttyl     neb

... Programmers are a BIT smarter than the average user.
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