Subj : Local vs Network message boards
To   : Nightfox
From : Blue White
Date : Sat May 04 2024 08:50:26

 > Interesting that you specifically mention BlueWave.. BlueWave wasn't
 > the only way to read mail.  But if even local phone calls cost money,
 > then I could see why people would often use an offline mail reader. 
 > Even then, I thought there were other offline mail readers besides
 > BlueWave.
 
There likely would have been QWK then, with readers like SLMR.  That
said, some BBS software only supported QWK while others may have only
supported Blue Wave.

The first offline reader I remember using was, IIRC, Megamail.  I think
it was written to work specifically for a format that PC Board used but
someone had ported the format to work with GT Power BBSes.  So, until a
QWK door was introduced for GT, that was the way I read my mail offline.



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