Subj : "empty" message with subject "..." and just a link
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Nov 22 2020 08:47:00

Hello Dallas!

** On Sunday 22.11.20 - 03:52, Dallas Hinton wrote to Jaroslav Bespalov:

 DH> Hi, Jaroslav -- on Nov 22 2020 at 11:04, you wrote:

 JB>> https://brorabbit.g0x.ru/pic/5fba1b7a.webp


 DH> The above is exactly what we do NOT want in FidoNet. This is a text based
 DH> network, with a few rare exceptions. A message containing nothing but an
 DH> internet link has, imo, no value and no place in FidoNet.


I concur.  However, there is an easy solution: Telegram- 
specific stickers can be banned.

I guess this would be akin to trying to accommodate the lowest  
common denominator in Fidonet and not upset the one person  
using old software.

But adding http:// in the body of messages, signatures  
taglines and even origin lines has forged onward in Fidonet to  
become ubiquitous . A lot of people seem to find them handy.

However, an "empty" message with subject "..." and just a link  
in the body is not good.

This echo serves to be a place for modest experimentation too  
as we try to figure out what works and what doesn't.


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