Subj : Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Apr 10 2023 06:58 am

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

KW>  Sysops freaked out about sharing user info, but I liked the
KW>  telegram-like feel of it. Messaging had gone from multiple day
KW>  round-trips with dial-up star/backbone systems to real-time.

SD> Why not just use Telegram and leave the middleman out of it?

Because it was messages, chat, door games, files, and the potential for
much more - all done in a completely different way than the usual FTN,
store and forward means.



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