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Hello Bob - 

BS> From: rbs{at}snippets.org To: c_echo{at}yahoogroups.com 

>> OK Bob. Can you please explain to me why you are using Yahoo
>> Groups rather than your more 'enjoyable' point software? I
>> would really like to study your explanation of this apparent
>> contradiction. :-) 

BS> I'm using Yahoo groups because I disconnected from Fidonet
BS> many years ago at a time when Fido was beginning to slide
BS> and I was doing a lot of work with clients with Internet
BS> access. Given my perception of Fidonet as obsolescent (note
BS> that "obsolescent" is *not* the same as "obsolete"!), 

I think the w3c likes the term "deprecated". :-) 

BS> I have no compelling reason to set up to do Fidonet again -
BS> and especially so if the echos of interest can be gated to
BS> the Internet. 

What I guess I'm not able to understand is why you think I do
have a 'compelling reason' to change software and become a
point when you have no such reason? How are we so different
that what is good for me is not worthwhile for you? 

>> Strange that would be the case since you obviously enjoy
>> being a point. 

BS> When I first became a point, Fido was the only serious
BS> amateur network. Since then, the Internet has grown to
BS> encompass amateur users as well as the mostly governmental
BS> and educational entities who were the bulk of the
BS> population when I started using it. 

Yes, 20+ years ago most were doctors, lawyers, or college
professors (and occasionally their children). :-) 

>> IMP is not point software, or is it? 

BS> No... My current client has a really paranoid IT department
BS> who won't allow outside mail. telnet, or SSH access. To be
BS> able to get to personal mail (much of which is also for
BS> business), I installed the IMP package on SNIPPETS. IMP is
BS> a mail interface that runs on a secure web server. 

They won't offer you email but they allow you to run your own
email software on their hardware? Seems a bit confused to me. 

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