Subj : origins of QWK
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Charlie Gabriel
Date : Fri Jan 30 2004 04:39 pm


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

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

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

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

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

JB>All the documents I've found that many any claim identify "Sparky" as the
JB>father of QWK, and author of the QMAIL door.

See (among others I can cite):

http://www.bsdg.org/swag/MAIL/0025.pas.html   or

http://www.faqs.org/off-line-readers/usenet/yet-another-faq/


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