Subj : Re: FidoNet; Ken Kaplan - and t
To   : apam
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Dec 13 2024 08:48 pm

  Re: Re: FidoNet; Ken Kaplan - and t
  By: apam to Digital Man on Sat Dec 14 2024 02:26 pm

 >  > You'll get a lot fewer *users* too. <shrug>
 >
 > Why? If people are savvy enough to connect to a BBS using telnet, surely
 > they can change the port number in their client?

It's another thing to know about and do correctly, another barrier to entry. Some users are savvy/capable, can figure things out on their own, many are not. That's my experience anyway.
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                                            digital man (rob)

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