Crash mail is sent as soon as it is entered. The Swamp receives Crash and Direct messages, but does not send them. All outgoing mail is Routed. Outgoing netmail is available FREE to all subscribers. The Internet came into being when several interconnections of large computers were interconnected.
Internet is a network that connects networks.
The Swamp has no continuous real-time connection to Internet, but, like all FIDO systems, The Swamp can use the FIDO gateway into Internet. See the section below on addressing for more information. Use the one that the person you want to talk to uses. If you want to say something to a person you encountered on a FIDO echo, use the FIDO system. If you are replying to someone on the Internet, use the Internet system.