Subj : qwk 25 char subj lin
To   : Dale Shipp
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Apr 28 2019 12:34 pm

Hello Dale!

** 28.04.19 - 01:34, Dale Shipp wrote to August Abolins:

DS>>> I am using the same desktop I have had for years and read my QWK
DS>>> packets using BlueWave in a virtual XP window. Don't intend to change.

AA>> Noted.

DS> That's my story and I'm sticking to it:-}}

Absolutely!   You work with what you are comfortable with.  Excellent.


AA>> But QWK's 25 char limit in the subject s cutting off my
AA>> beautifully thought out subjects! LOL

DS> In today's fido, not a lot of attention is paid to subject lines anyhow.
DS> They last forever, no matter what the subject is.  Plus, in tonight's
DS> QWK packet for this echo, every subject line except yours was well under
DS> 25 characters.  I.e. most people are not bothered by the limitation.

Well, I guess I fall into the lessor group of your study.  I skip messages  
that bear a subject that has proven to be "off" topic.  I don't know if  
you read newsgroups, but the subject is a key factor there, primariily due  
to the high volume in many cases.  Fidonet echos are extremely low volume,  
so *any* message seems a welcome read in many cases than having nothing.


AA>> I dunno how you can accept that! :/

DS> I do not have a lot of choice.  It is just one of those things that QWK
DS> users have to bear.

QWK is a very clever invention.  QWKE is even lil'bit better!  The  
"future" awaits.  Albiet, it is still kinda like "back to the future" in  
this case.  LOL





  ../|ug

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