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- From: fheitka@ibm.net (Frederick Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 11:52:37 GMT
- Organization: None
- Message-ID: <4gccm5$mgk@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
- References: <4bu7f9$nt6@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4dceed$4t0@news.uit.no> <1316.6622T117T1062@aix1.danadata.dk>
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- In article <1316.6622T117T1062@aix1.danadata.dk>, hendis@aix1.danadata.dk
- says...
- >
- >On 16-Feb-96 12:01:47, Dan J. Fraser wrote:
- >
- >> Thor's terminology is NOT standard or correct.
- >
- [deleted]
-
- >> These are just throwbacks from Thor's legacy. It seems to be more of a
- >> hacked-up QWK reader than an actual piece of news/mail software.
- >
- >Because of a few unfamiliar terms? Now, that sure is a solid basis for
- >your judgement.
-
- Thor's terminolgy or paradigm is probably correct, but I don't believe
- it fits in with the status quo that has been established. Thor's authors
- should at least provide more cross-over information. Who but really down
- in-the-nuts-and-bolts geeks would know what conferences, etc. are? Most
- importantly, how many folks would know what sort of packet is used for various
- protocols?
-
- Fred Heitkamp
- >
- >I'm getting kind of tired of all you better-knowing people. Isn't the
- >truth that it annoys you that all your hard-earned knowledge about UUCP,
- >SMTP, NNTP, POP etc. seems devaluated when everybody can get their
- >mail and news without having a clue about them?
- >
-
- That's the way personal computing is going. Computers are just applicances.
- You can't expect the average Joe to know too much of the specific internals.
-
- Fred Heitkamp
-
-