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to: DALLAS HINTON
from: MICHAEL DUKELSKY
date: 2020-07-04 14:57:00
subject: A widow file

Hello Dallas,

Friday July 03 2020, Dallas Hinton wrote to Michael Dukelsky:

 MD>> In Fidonet, we have flow files referring to echomail and ticket
 MD>> files (.TIC) referring to fileecho files. If some echomail file
 MD>> has lost the flow file referring to it, or a fileecho file has
 MD>> lost the .TIC referring to it, may I call it a widow file (or
 MD>> maybe an orphan one)?

 DH> I've never heard them called that, but I don't see why not. I'd
 DH> personally call those files "orphans" rather than widows, but I'm not
 DH> sure why!

Thank you.

Michael

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