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|    August Abolins to Nate Mcmullin    |
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|    03 Aug 23 23:35:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 0b17a2a5       REPLY: 1:129/305 a99c33fe       PID: OpenXP/5.0.57 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0400       Hello Nate Mcmullin!              ** On Monday 31.07.23 - 22:45, Nate Mcmullin wrote to Hello!:               NM> Wondering if a local community could use a BBS to        NM> communicate vs instant communications. Having to wait for        NM> messages and replies (even if just a local message board),        NM> could be a new fad? I need an iOS QWK Reader ...              Unless your "community" is willing to consistently use a        desktop or a laptop for comms, I doubt that usage would be a        success.              Today, the primary tool to communicate are smartphones.        Personally, I think Briar or Simplex would be a more practical        solution for a community "board". With a consistent naming        approach, the message areas can be set up to look like part of        a unified "bbs".              The one cool feature with Briar is that it can utilize BT        netwworking, or Wi-fi, or the internet for broadcasting        messages to member devices.              --         ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.57        * Origin: Mobile? COFFEE_KLATSCH = https://tinyurl.com/y56r9f2o (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 123/131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/10 203/0 214/22 218/0 1 215 700 720       SEEN-BY: 218/810 840 850 860 880 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/112 113 206 307 317 400 426 428 452 470 664 700 230/0       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 266/512 280/464 5003 282/1038 291/111 292/854 301/1       SEEN-BY: 301/113 812 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/81 460/58       SEEN-BY: 712/848 5020/1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/1 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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