Subj : your OLR home page To : William McBrine From : Jim Hanoian Date : Mon Jun 04 2001 01:53 pm -=> William McBrine wrote to Jim Hanoian <=- JH> It is probably better to error on the side of inclusion than it JH> is exclusion. WM> I disagree. The list attempts to be, and as far as I know does WM> a good job of being, a comprehensive guide to offline BBS WM> readers. It does not attempt to be, nor is it, in any way WM> comprehensive as regards point programs, much less SMTP/POP3 WM> clients. Such as are listed are essentially a haphazard, random WM> sample that are in the list mostly for historical reasons. I agree about the SMTP/POP3 clients. I'll remove them. Please let me know how pointing is not offline mail reading. WM> Someone who was looking for a QWK reader would be well served WM> by using the list. Someone who wanted point or Internet mail WM> software would be poorly served, and if anything, could be WM> misled into thinking that there was something special about the WM> programs in this small sample, while missing out on all the WM> other programs available. Perfection is an unattainable goal. That said, I'd like to think that a good faith effort is better than no effort at all. JH> If they don't already know the mail doors that are available for JH> the software they choose to use, should they look to the list to find JH> out? WM> Sure; why not? But anyway, you're assuming that only sysops WM> would want to know what mail doors were available. Another WM> category of interested parties consists of the authors of WM> offline readers. :-) To them, such a list says "these are the WM> programs that you have to interoperate with, so seek them out WM> and see that you do." In this case, specific BBS type isn't an WM> issue. I'd rather tackle listing utilities and points than doors. The interested population, while not quite as personal, is quite a bit larger . .... Jim Hanoian, Augusta, Maine, USA .... I used to be apathetic, but now I just don't care. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.40 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) .