Hi Paul,   
      
   On 21 Nov 16 17:19, Paul Hayton wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "Re: Fmail, HPT and FastEcho":   
      
    PH> I thought I was. I want to know how FMail treats packets when tossing   
    PH> interzone as I read there are known issues with the way FastEcho   
    PH> handles the same situation. What does FMail do such packets, does it   
      
   incoming or outgoing, but it's one of the two) when it detects interzonal   
   traffic. This is hardcoded, so you can't turn it off. In FMail that's fully   
   configurable.   
      
    PH> Dupe checking aside I was after some feedback from people (that I   
    PH> figured would be here) who have experience with FMail to be able to   
    PH> offer some qualified thoughts about the features of FMail vs FastEcho   
    PH> (and HTP).   
      
    PH> I've downloaded the latest FMail, I am looking at it to form my own   
    PH> opinions about it ...but it's always nice to hear some thoughts about what   
    PH> it offers from the current maintainer and current users of the software   
      
   The current maintainer offers limited support. ;)   
      
   I think what FMail mainly has going over FastEcho is, that it is actively   
   maintained, and there are regular new releases with new features and bug   
   fixes...   
      
    PH> It's starting to feel like that's a hard thing to obtain..   
      
   If there are FMail users outside the few that I'm aware of, they have always   
   been very quiet in here.   
      
   The download page on sourceforge can show statistics by country. I don't know   
   how accurate this is, but here are the stats for the last 2.5 months since the   
   last release:   
      
   1.  Spain          59   
   2.  United States  21   
   3.  Croatia        16   
   4.  Netherlands     5   
   5.  Denmark         3   
   6.  Finland         3   
   7.  Canada          2   
   8.  Ukraine         2   
   9.  Japan           2   
   10.  Kazakhstan     2   
   11.  Russia         2   
   12.  Romania        1   
   13.  Czech Republic 1   
   14.  India          1   
   15.  Sweden         1   
   16.  Australia      1   
   17.  Germany        1   
   18.  New Zealand    1   
   19.  Brazil         1   
      
   I suspect a large number of those are accidental downloads of people who don't   
   really know what they are downloading, or bots. I have no clue where that high   
   number in Croatia suddenly comes from. I'm not even aware of any fido presence   
   in that country. The downloads from Spain have always been higher than   
   average, so I suspect there are some real users there, but I have never been   
   in contact with any. There probably is a language barier...   
      
      
   Wilfred.   
      
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