Julian,



>    With due respect, even though Microdot is a type of mail
> client, I was under the impression that it is designed as a
> news reader.  As such, I was not aware that it downloads the
> news groups' messages.  I thought it just lets you view them.


MD-II is a full featured mail *and* news client.  It is very nice for
handling both mailing-lists and news-groups on your local computer. 
Same interface, same look, same feel.  IMHO, MD-II is the best
mailer/newsreader there is... well, except for the few lingering bugs.


>    Presuming you are correct, in what you wrote, if a person
> were to use MD-2, that person would not need YAM, or any other
> such program.  Am I correct, in this?  

That is correct.  I do not have Yam here.  Not needed in the least;
particularly so, since MD has excellent account handling.

>If I am correct, then
> why are so many users of Voyager, which is a Vapor product,
> use YAM, which is not?

One word: FREE.

Yam is free, MD is not Free.  This interferes with some V� fans using
MD as their mailer.  I got the NetConnect packages (upgraded them as
they went along), because I felt the support was easier to deal with,
and that it was a great value.  I wonder what the ratio is of MD users
to MD users who bought NC?


Hmmm... I wonder if Ollie/Zapek/Matt could be convinced to (at the
next pay-for upgrade of V) to sell a package deal.  Not a NetConnect
clone, but a nice collection of three or four of the Vapor products.. 
Maybe even several "levels"  Like, Basic (browser only), Silver (V and
MD-II), and Gold (V, MD, AmIRC, Xarc).  

<rubs crystal ball>I see that this will have to wait until MorphOS has
a full release</rubbing>

8-)
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Regards,

Dave 'Targhan' Crawford

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