-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Nancy Backus on 03-21-04  15:55 <=-

 NB>> So this is all about how the mail is tossed to be sent out?
 
 ML>> clarification: tossing is inbound... scanning is outbound...
 
 NB> Ok, thanks...  Why the different terminology?  :)

 ML> dunno, really... its what i've always heard, seen, and used... you
 ML> toss the messages into the message base kinda like tossing leaves into
 ML> the air and they settle where ever... you scan the messages out of the
 ML> message base kinda like scanning your desk for mail to put in envelopes
 ML> to send... kinda makes sense >

Aahh...  Gotcha...  Wizardeze...  ;)

I referred to it as tossing both directions, since to my mind, I know
about calling it tossing to toss the messages into the echo areas on the
bbs, and, going the other direction I was thinking about gathering the
outgoing messages and "tossing" them out into the ether (and hoping that
they would land where they were supposed to, instead of the great black
hole gobbling them up on the way...)

I suppose it might have some connection to the usage in the mail door,
though, where the bbs scans for new messages in the various areas, to
pack them into your message packet, and when you upload messages in a
reply packet, they have to be tossed into the proper areas once
unpacked...  :)

ttyl        neb

... I was not CREATING a disturbance, I was improving one already there.

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