[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #1 - BACKMAIL

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Greg Mayman wrote:
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>>Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 07:48:15 -0700
>>Subject: [arachne] Backmail DOS Program
>>From: Bob Dohse <bobdohse@xxxxxxxx>
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>>Hi all,
>>Here's hoping for a successful and productive New Year for all ... and
>>for the development of Arachne GPL.
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> 
>>I ran across an old (c. 1989) DOS program called Backmail. It handles
>>peer-to-peer mail and file transfer between phone numbers - both single
>>or multiple numbers - at a periodic rate set by each individual user.
>>Backmail operates in a background mode based on parameters set in an
>>easy-to-modify config file.
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>>Backmail is shareware, but I can't find the owner. The version I found (v
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> Unfortunately that is the case with a lot of older shareware. The
> owner shifts to a new email or snailmail address and doesn't
> leave any forwarding information. This is VERY frustrating when
> you want to do the right thing by him/her....
> 
> 
>>I suspect that the
>>authors/owners have long since given up hope that they will make any more
>>money from the program. Quite possibly, they might be willing to donate
>>the source code to a good (Arachne) cause.
> 
> 
> Quite possibly they would, _IF_ you can find them.
> 
> Other than that the only alternative I can think of is reverse
> engineering it -- usually a no-no for obvious reasons, but when the
> owner is no longer available what else is there?
> 
> Greg

You might want to register at garbo - URL is

http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pub/pc/mail/backmail.txt

At least you would have done the best you can for it.

Henry IX


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