Hi Mark,   
      
    ml> i've said this for years... in fact, i've    
    ml> had this stance ever since the ^aSPLIT proposal was    
    ml> presented to the FTSC... i have /always/ believed it    
    ml> the responsibility of the -=recieving=- system to split    
    ml> messages according to _their_ capabilities rather than    
    ml> "forcing" everyone else to succumb to their individual restrictions...   
      
   I think you overlook some pretty basic human instincts here, and your ability   
   to read so many 500KB messages is nothing short of staggering......;-)   
      
   If Fidonet were a 100% commercial environment then I doubt many people would   
   disagree with you, but the origins of the network have forced all of us to   
   accept that some things are historical and need to be accomodated in the   
   interests of self preservation.   
      
   Message length has long been an issue, and in the case of Fidonet I see no   
   reason to force everyone to change to a new method of handling these things,   
   voluntarily perhaps, but not by force.    
      
   Netmail and Echomail were constructed to allow people to communicate with each   
   other, and stuffing 500KB of computer generated text into a message in which   
   the text is NOT created by humans, but with the expectation that SOMEONE will   
   read it, is nothing short of abuse of the medium (IMHO).    
      
   I use and generate stats myself, but unless they are only 1 or 2 screens in   
   length I do NOT output it via messages, the longer form of stats presentation   
   is meant for a file (IMHO).   
      
   Cheers.........pk.   
      
      
   --- Maximus/2 3.01   
    * Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10)