Same here. Back around 1982 I was using a local FidoNet BBS which offered the usual Fido EchoMail conferences, along with e-mail access to the Internet.
The Fido "mail hour" in the early part of the morning meant that messages didn't get through as quickly as with a direct, permanent link to the ARPA/Internet, but it was very efficient in other ways. Once the propert script were written, I used ZIP files for uploaded and downloaded messages, and a QWK off-line mail reader that puts all the latest software to shame in terms of functionality vs. compactness.
