Subj : Re: Create message bases
To : MARK LEWIS
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Sun Mar 14 2021 05:02 pm
MJ> My point was I can skip all the other software and just go directly
MJ> from QWK to a node.
ML> not really... QWK is lossy... especially with FTN messages... there is
ML> a lot of information lost when FTN messages are packed via QWK...
ML> it should be noted that QWK was shoehorned into FTN... it originates
ML> on a completely different network and has much different principles...
ML> QWK works for end users solely because it transfers the message body
ML> which is 99% of what they care about... QWK links messages by subject
ML> line which we all know is a fallacy and quite wrong in many cases...
ML> there are better ways to properly link message threads no matter what
ML> the subject lines are...
All I need to go from QWK to node is (1) mailer, (2) mail processor and (3) GoldED.
Kai Richter makes it sound like some long complicated process.
