Subj : Re: linked To : Frank Vest From : Bob Short Date : Wed Dec 11 2002 05:30 pm On 11 Dec 02 18:09:17, Frank Vest said the following to Bob Short: FV> BS> Hiya everyone, FV> Umm... maybe? If anyone is here. :) FV> I keep 10 days on my Point system. You are the first in at least that FV> long. :/ The echo is passthrough on my Node/BBS system. The single msg I got was Dale's. Not sure when he posted that reply, but given that this echo was referred to in FTSC_PUB, I assumed there was -some- sort of traffic. Be that as it may, we should do what we can to get people here to touch bases and discuss implimentation of the different ideas debated there. FV> BS> I would ask all IP programmers to chime in here on this, and express FV> BS> their collective thoughts of feasibility. :) FV> I'm not a programmer.... My $.02 is that Fidonet really doesn't need a FV> new format. You'll agree it needs /something/ though, right? ;-) I've read several threads on this and that solution, and believe that an expanded NL format will be the easiest to accomplish and distribute. At least, I'd like the possibility investigated... :) Bob --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: -= BS BBS =- Portland, OregUn (1:105/38) .