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|    Jas Hud to Kurt Weiske    |
|    Re: BBS Software Timeout Values    |
|    11 Apr 23 15:53:33    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 11216.bbs_carn@1:103/705 289b32f6       REPLY: 689.bbscarni@1:218/700 289ad031       PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/f4dcbf61d Apr 5 2023 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1        To: Kurt Weiske        Re: Re: BBS Software Timeout Values        By: Kurt Weiske to Sean Dennis on Mon Apr 10 2023 06:58 am               > -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-        >        > KW> Sysops freaked out about sharing user info, but I liked the        > KW> telegram-like feel of it. Messaging had gone from multiple day        > KW> round-trips with dial-up star/backbone systems to real-time.        >        > SD> Why not just use Telegram and leave the middleman out of it?        >        > Because it was messages, chat, door games, files, and the potential for        > much more - all done in a completely different way than the usual FTN,        > store and forward means.        >              you're making it seem like some magical shit.       the bbses were just sharing the same datafiles.       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 18/200 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 215 501 700 720 810       SEEN-BY: 218/820 840 850 860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113       SEEN-BY: 229/206 275 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550 664 700 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 282/1038 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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