Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Networking
Subject: Re: Fido type networks
From:    Weatherman #1 @1 (Mark)
To:      Rushfan #1 @513
Date:    Mon Feb 08, 2021 20:07

R> I wasn't planning on supporting binkp, but when we needed some way to send
R> wwivnet packets that was easier than what we had on an old version of
R> mdaemon mail server, it seemed the easiest thing to do, worked out well
R> since it allowed real easy FTN support.

That was a game changer for WWIVnet.  Getting away from SMTP network packets
was a huge step forward.  Binkp is the way to go for BBS message transfer.

- Mark

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