[nos-bbs] Re: JNOS closer to Winlink than many realize + hf.ampr.org anyone ?

[Bob Nielsen]

On Apr 5, 2006, at 5:03 PM, George (Skip) VerDuin wrote:

> Quick answer Tim,
>
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 18:41 -0500, Tim Gorman wrote:
>> My two cents worth: Do we really want to turn the amateur bands  
>> into telecom access channels for the purpose of providing regular  
>> access by any and all to email ala WL2K?
> Good grief NO.
> However as a licensed amateur, I'd like to receive selected email  
> via RF.
> Now the problem becomes putting a lock on the door that permits  
> both - wl2k has done some of that...
> >SNIP<
>

Of course no matter what is done there is always the potential for  
abuse, but we shouldn't get paranoid about it (btw, I first received  
spam via a JNOS gateway back in ~1997 or so).

Another approach that looks like it may have some promise is PSKMail  
<http://pskmail.wikispaces.com/>.

73,
Bob, N7XY