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Message   Daniel Path    Andrew Leary   Netmail?   August 19, 2024
 9:53 PM *   

Hello Andrew,

17 Aug 24 00:55, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

 SD>> to sen netmail as routed netmail is a kludge.

 AL> Routed netmail was originally intended to save sysops money back when
 AL> most mail was transmitted via modem over phone lines.  These days,
 AL> most systems are available over the internet 24 hours a day, so
 AL> crashing netmail makes much
 AL> more sense.  If you send directly to the destination, you don't need
 AL> to worry about your message ending up in a black hole somewhere, due
 AL> to someone's misconfigured mail processor.

useless fact but my experience with routed (fidonet) netmail is pretty good.
and it makes the nostalgia factor ++++ :)

Regards,
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dp

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