Hey Danny!   
      
   Jan 21 16:34 06, Danny Ceppa wrote to Maurice Kinal:   
      
    MK>> Do you have a terminal package that can network?  If so and you wish   
      
    DC> I probably do, but I find reading/replying more convenient with    
    DC> an OLR.     
      
   Nothing like that here yet.  I figure most BBS's out there can already handle   
   that functionality and am unlikely to compete unless it is compressed pure   
   ascii formatted packets transferred with a suitable networking protocol,   
   definetly *NOT* zmodem.  That is too goofey on a ethernetted interface.  The   
   DOS-think people can keep it.  :-)   
      
    DC> There's always straight I-net mail.  But, that defeats the    
    DC> purpose of getting others involved.     
      
   Not really if the BBS knows how to handle specific email and can convert to   
   whatever format is condusive to networked echoes.  I've done it before with my   
   own special email that converted the inbound to Fido friendly pkt.  Piece of   
   cake.  However I think the compressed pure ascii method is best all things   
   considered and is easiest to convert to any format.  I have lost the faith   
   about what constitutes for email these days and the less traffic there the   
   better methinks.   
      
   ftp is best but there are a few http apps that rival it, albiet a tad limited   
   in ability compared to any half decent ftp client.  Streaming compressed   
   packets to a telnet client is also a definite possibity seeing as that is   
   something we happen to do here on the local network for multimedia stuff.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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