The message 200510171339.29908.matt@mpcontracting.co.uk from Matt Parker matt@mpcontracting.co.uk contains these words:
Replying to myself. I know that's bad form. But from the Zetnet site about ZIMACS you see this:-
"The Zetnet Information Management And Control System is a custom written piece of Windows® software which allows the off-line creation and reading of both e-mail and newsgroup articles. It also uses Zetnet's proprietary mail delivery system ZetMail. This uses the TCP/IP protocol to send the pre-packed mail and news packets to you quickly and allows you to process the incoming information when you disconnect from the system."
The bit about a proprietary mail delivery system shows just how standards compliant you can expect the software to be.
What has the delivery system got to do with the software?
It means that I don't have to go to a news server and choose what to download: I choose offline and download mail and all the new messages in chosen newsgroups in compressed packets, then process them once the connection is severed.
ADSL users can either unpack while connected, or visit a news server.
Saves time, and time online for me, on dial-up.