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Re: DOES NETCOM TERMINATE Users Who Use Excessive Online Time?

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From: trebor
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
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rbischof@pobox.com (Ronald J. Bischof) wrote:

>Gee, sounds wasteful and boring.

How so? I'm not downloading binaries just to keep the connection going.
It's stuff I want to download. Boring? I don't watch the stuff download. I
go read newsgroups while the stuff downloads.

>I just set Eudora Pro 3.0 to check my mail every 8 minutes and stay
>connected as long as I want.

Well, Agent can do that, too. I check my mail frequently, and stay
connected as long as I need.
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From: trebor@sirius.com
Subject: Re: DOES NETCOM TERMINATE Users Who Use Excessive Online Time?
Date: 1996/08/29
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