SD> I did use email transfer for a very long time though.  I didn't really
SD> start
SD> using BinkD until around 2004 if memory serves.

As BBS systems started to go Internet only, us WWIV sysops were all using
the PPP Project (written by Frank Reid).  I was one of the beta testers for
that application and was one of the first to start using it.  

Actually, I still use it now.  There is one WWIV network left, and I use
the PPP Project to send/receive the WWIV packets.  These days they are
calling it WINS.  

The PPP Project uses SMTP email to move packets.  We have our own mail
server to handle things.  

When I made my return to BBSing last year after cloning my original BBS
from the old PC to the VMWare environment, I went looking around to see
what networks might still be around.  I was happy to see there were several
still there and active.

Next step was to figure out how I was going to move packets and I had no
idea what to use.  I found Janis's website which had D'Bridge listed as the
only supported program available and decided to give it a try.  I did try
Internet Rex also (and remember it from the old days).  

All I know is, my D'Bridge install was just too easy to refuse.  Of all the
Fido related programs I have run over the years, this had me up and running
in no time without me even reading the docs.  I'm also not an FTN expert.

I almost fell out of my chair when I moved a message from WWIV using
WWIVToss to a directory in D'Bridge, and it went out.  No fighting with
anything, it just worked - even with my non-standard setup.  

BinkD is very cool, too.  I didn't even know what it was at first.  It was
all new to me.  

To summarize, D'Bridge made my return to FTN networks painless and easy.

- Mark

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