ee161aok@sdcc13.UUCP (ee161aok) (02/02/85)
The current news setup allows response to a message either through posting another article on the net, or by mailing a response directly to the author. I consider the second alternative to be as important as the first. Will there be transmission time for single user-to-user mail? Assuming there is not, I think that some sort of mail service will have to be integrated into the STARGATE system. The rest of you out there are lucky I mail most of my replies directly to the author, rather than posting for all. It reduces the clutter. I know that STARGATE is not trying to emulate USENET, but certainly it can learn from the best parts of USENET. steve ackroyd Southwest Fisheries Center @ U.C. San Diego