-=> On 07-10-10  12:51,  Sean Dennis <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about BW vs. QWK <=-

 DS> I'm curious as to why you say that.  I have been using Bluewave with
 DS> QWK packets for 15+ years, and have had no trouble at all with
 DS> archival.  In addition, I have collected a variety of routines that
 DS> deal only with QWK packets.  Although I have tried native BW packets
 DS> in the past, I never saw enough to make me want to give up the ability
 DS> to use those programs.

 SD> I guess it's because Blue Wave generally can handle longer 
 SD> message subject lines,

That is true -- but hasn't really bothered me much.  Nothing to do with
archiving though.

 SD> netmail via BW packets natively
 SD> instead of having to have software manually work with QWK 
 SD> packets to do such,

? I can send netmail via the QWK packet also.  Not much of a problem.
Also has nothing to do with archiving which is what I asked you about.

 SD> the automatic numbering of packets to
 SD> allow easier archival methods than QWK as well as having a 

That has to do with archiving -- and my QWK packets are automatically
renumbered for me -- so the same as native BW format.

 SD> more generic programming structure than QWK (since QWK was
 SD> specifically designed for PCBoard).

I don't know what that means -- how does it influence archiving?

 SD> It also comes down to personal taste also.

Of course.  My reasons for preferring QWK have little to do with the
reader itself, but with the other programs I use which operate on QWK
packets.  I never saw much difference that mattered to me in the way the
Bluewave reader handled QWK vs. BW native.  That said, I think that the
Bluewave reader is far better than anything else I have looked at.

Another factor is that my BBS system (Maximus) doesn't have a BW door
installed (I suppose one would be available if I wanted to look for it).

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)



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