Subj : tub and bbbs, was way ot, need some maximus ...
To   : Richard Webb
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Sat Mar 14 2009 07:24 pm

Hello Richard.

11 Mar 09 14:29, you wrote to me:

 RT>> You can use TimEd, Squish, BinkleyTerm and BinkD as a mail only
 RT>> system as  well, and as you are already familiar with them, no
 RT>> need to move to Husky, and  MBSE BBS only runs on
 RT>> Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD and possibly MAC OS/X

 RW> YEp, thinking about that too.  FInding a compatible network
 RW> card though allowing me to keep my dos screen reader that I
 RW> like is the kicker, that is until I get a serial port speech box.
 RW> THat one's down the road, first I"ve got some audio tech issues to
 RW> grappe with in my remote audio truck then we'll worry about network
 RW> upgrades.  tHIs economy going in the tank has bit  me in the nether
 RW> regions real hard right now.

DOS, is bit problematic when it comes to networking, and the economic 
situation, and the greedy buggers who dumped us in it, the less said the 
better ... , not to mention those living on credit ...

 RT>> Might I ask why you kill mail passing thru ... ?

 RW> Old habit from when I was busy southeast IOwa hub back in
 RW> the '90's.  OF course I had a log of message headers, which
 RW> was all I needed.   IN those days hard drive real estate was at a
 RW> premium and it's just a setting I enabled in my ocnfig file because I
 RW> always did.

Well, it only stays on your HDD as long as it takes to the next poll, that 
sends it on it's way ... , but okay ...

 RW> I think Sean hit it for us.  IF you compress your netmail
 RW> your route through a bbbs system it doesn't argue.  <hmmmm>
 RW> At least, that's my preliminary diagnosis.
 RW> I"ll have to remember to switch things around in routing
 RW> control and send you a nm through her system just to test
 RW> drive it.  YEt I hate to "fix" what ain't broke <g>.

Well if it is not working, then it is broke, the problem is where is it broke, 
and why, ... :-(

Russell

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