Subj : Are QWK packets still the way?
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Dec 26 2025 08:22 am

Hello Maurice Kinal!

** On Friday 26.12.25 - 02:07, Maurice Kinal wrote to August Abolins:

 MK> Hey August!

 >> Just keep in mind that more than 12 penguins is not compatible with
 >> quoting. ;)

 MK> Yep.  The below 100% legitimate penguin matrix fits perfectly in a msg
 MK> but will indeed screw up any attempt to properly quote back given the
 MK> additional characters added by any quote method currently being deployed
 MK> by fidonet msg-ing types.  What a shame.

 >> MK> -o    o-   o-   o-  -o    o-  -o   -o   -o    o-   o-   o-
 >> MK>  (\  /)   /)   /)    (\  /)    (\   (\   (\  /)   /)   /)
 >> MK>  ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^    ^^  ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^

 >> 12.  Those "fit" OK.

 MK> Twice over now.  I see it could easily go thrice.

Thrice seems ok here.


 MK>  o-   o-  -o   -o   -o   -o    o-   o-  -o   -o   -o   -o   -o    o-   o-
 MK>   o- /)   /)    (\   (\   (\   (\  /)   /)    (\   (\   (\   (\   (\  /)
 MK>  /)   /) ^^   ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^  ^^   ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^
 MK> ^^   ^^   ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
 MK> -+- GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
 MK>  + Origin: One of us @ (1:153/7001.2989)

Oops..  starting to get messy, like penguins usually are.

Maybe you can consider bringing in your penguins closer to each  
other,  eg:

 -o   o-  o-  o- -o   o- -o  -o  -o   o-  o-  o-
  (\ /)  /)  /)   (\ /)   (\  (\  (\ /)  /)  /)
  ^^ ^^  ^^  ^^   ^^ ^^   ^^  ^^  ^^ ^^  ^^  ^^

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