From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 8/17/19 3:06 AM, mark lewis wrote:   
   > BBSes still exist and yes, QWK offline mail packets are messages   
   > from BBSes...   
   >   
   > that's exactly how it works...   
      
   ACK   
      
   > SMTP mail depends on the software used on the BBS... some do support   
   > it, others do not... those that do not may be coerced into using it   
   > via packet manipulation...   
      
   Please elaborate on what you mean by "coerced into using it via packet   
   manipulation.   
      
   First, what is the "packet" that is being manipulated in this context?   
   Is it a BBS term?  Is it a TCP/IP packet?  Is it something else?   
      
   Second, what sort of coercion would be required?  What would it be   
   changed from?  What would it be changed to?   
      
   > maybe the above helps?   
      
   Thank you for the confirmation.   
      
   > )\/(ark   
      
   Nice ASCII art.  ;-)   
      
   > 30+ year SYSOP   
      
   Nice.   
      
   > Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this   
   > would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines   
   > to enslave them.   
      
   ~chuckle~   
      
   > ... Even a broken clock is right twice a day.   
      
   That depends if it's a 12-hour or a 24-hour clock.  }:-)   
      
      
      
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