Subj : origins of QWK
To   : CHARLIE GABRIEL
From : MONICA NEUFELD
Date : Tue Jan 27 2004 06:54 am

-=> CHARLIE GABRIEL wrote to MONICA NEUFELD <=-

 MN>-=> andrew clarke wrote to All on 01-21-04 21:27 <=-

 MN> ac> @MSGID: <400E9846.33.offline@kia.zapto.org>
 MN> ac> From http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/16/2028220.shtml?tid=95 :

 MN> ac> Re:Don't Forget Message Networks (Score:2, Informative)
 MN> ac> by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17, @01:33AM (#5317606)

 MN> ac> Just to set things clear at the beginning, I'm "Sparky", the Sparky in
 MN> ac> "Sparkware", and I'm the "father" of the QWK format.

 CG> Umm... and what was Mark Herring?

 MN>Thanks Sparky.  Don't know what I would do without offline mail!

 CG> There may be a claim for multiple fathers. :>

 CG>  * OLX 2.2 * Well, don't look at ME.  Ask the troll.

I looked this up on the internet and to be honest, I couldn't find a
definate source as to who invented QWK mail.  I did find that Mark
Herring is Sparky.

By the way, is that Offline Express you're using?  If so, how do you
like it?  I believe Offline Express is Shareware and is a "Windows"
type reader.

.... Mickey / Monica Neufeld 
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