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 Message 935 
 Ken Johnson to Michiel van der Vlist 
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 15 Jun 18 16:08:38 
 
 MvdV> Hello Ken,

 MvdV> On Sunday June 10 2018 21:33, you wrote to Dallas Hinton:

 KJ>> If you are using the echos for mail, the mail portion of V6 was never
 KJ>> functioning correctly to begin with in any of the realease (this wa
 KJ>> mentioned by Bob when I took it over, and also reviewing the code)

 KJ>> I have been completely re-writting the Mail tossing portions of this,
 KJ>> but have been concitration more on teh file tossing first.

 MvdV> IMNSHO adding a mail tossers to Allfix was a mistake.
 MvdV> There are a number of good tossers around for all current
 MvdV> OSs. There is enough choice, Fidonet does not need yet
 MvdV> another tosser.

 MvdV> A Good File manager is another story. Over the years I
 MvdV> have been looking for a suitable replacement for Allfix,
 MvdV> mainly because I want to get rid of the 16 bit stuff and
 MvdV> I did not find one that satisfied my needs.

 MvdV> I would say drop the mail tosser in Allfix. Only the
 MvdV> Swiss love Swiss Army knives. Working on the tosser will
 MvdV> dilute your time and energy and at best it will be more
 MvdV> of the same. Go for the file manager. Allfix is an
 MvdV> excellent file manager. What I think most of what remains
 MvdV> of Fidonet is waiting for is Windows and Linux versions.

That would be my first priority is the file tosser/manager. It was a great
product, and I beleive we can make it the best again, and get it back to where
it should be at.

Ken
 MvdV> My 2 cents...


 MvdV> Cheers, Michiel

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