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|    Wilfred van Velzen to Andy Gorman    |
|    Re: Polling systems    |
|    14 Oct 21 18:09:41    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0200       CHRS: UTF-8 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221       MSGID: 2:280/464 61685700       REPLY: 1:229/426.52 5e5040fa       Hi Andy,              On 2021-10-14 08:26:33, you wrote to Ward Dossche:               WD>> There's a bunch of guys polling here to check if there's mail waiting        WD>> for them although I explained so many times it's useless as it has        WD>> already been delivered.               AG> Thanks Ward. For 2 of my networks, FIDO and Metronet, I have to poll to        AG> get updates. I'm still kind of getting up to speed on all this again, but       I        AG> think because I'm a point on FIDO, I have to poll to get messages (maybe        AG> not, maybe it's me).              As long as you have a mailer online that is connectable 24/7, it doesn't       matter if you are a point or a node, mail can be delivered direct.       I have a couple of points, that I deliver mail to this way...              Bye, Wilfred.              --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 114/709 120/340 123/131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114 702 229/424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 450 550 664 700 240/1120 5138 5411 5824 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/1 206 317 400 280/464 5003 282/1038 292/854       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 633/280 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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