Subj : Re: fsxNet mail moves so fast!
To   : Avon
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 02 2024 07:58 am

-=> Avon wrote to paulie420 <=-


 Av> I recall in the 90's a number of local FTN networks in the city I was
 Av> living, and then there were networks like Demimonde, RGSNet (Renegade
 Av> Support Network), of course Fidonet etc... I mostly read and posted to
 Av> echomail but did do some limited netmails often to local sysops etc...
 Av> but it always felt then (as it does now) to be a fairly quick thing to
 Av> post something, come back next day or two and read some replies.

When I first started out, it felt like it would take one day per hop. I
used Zone Mail Hour at first, when I ran Opus. I'd send it up to my hub
overnight, my hub would send it to the echomail coordinator, who moved
the mail overnight to one of the star sites, and the process would
reverse. Sometimes, if the person didn't quote, I'd forget what we were
arguing about!

Crashmail improved things, I could crash mail to my hub as soon as I was
ready.

When I got my first FTP FTN feed, I was in heaven - I could poll hourly,
for free! Unfortunately, by that time, 1997 or so, Fido networks were on
the decline.



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