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To   : Werner Dworak
From : Steve Quarrella
Date : Thu Jan 11 2001 11:23 am

 WD> Yes, to test severel protocols makes a mailer more complicated,
 WD> slowlier and more prone to errors and misinterpretation. And I
 WD> never saw a real FTS-1 connect. In most cases, FTS-1 is only an
 WD> excape to password and other EMSI errors.

I see FTS-1 every once in awhile with a Mac system here in my net, but you're 
right about its being a fallback.  I've had to "get nasty" with a previous NC 
here in my Region who made threats about pulling node numbers over 
FTS-1-compliance.  While I can understand a need for a common protocol, FTS-1's 
days are IMHO over, and I'm not really going to listen to a complaint unless 
there's a really good reason for it. "I was just testing to make certain he was 
FTS-1 compliant" isn't the reason, and I find that kind of hunting to border on 
the excessively annoying side.

 WD> It counts to the best mailers. An other very good mailer ist
 WD> T-mail.

Had one downlink who used it, but have had some long, friendly chats with its 
author (who is here in the US, working).

 WD> From the features ist is superior to nearly all, but thanks
 WD> to the price policy of Ron Dwight it costs too much in a really
 WD> workable version.

I paid $175 for FrontDoor some years ago, so obviously, I don't plan to put a 
lot of money into my software anymore.  As I beta test FD, well, I'm not moving 
to another mailer any time soon, either. :-)

 SQ>> I had another one whom I think -briefly- ran Xenia, before settling on
 SQ>> The Brake!.
 WD> That I don't know, sorry.

Another Russian mailer, OS/2-only if memory serves.

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