<s>
FastEcho	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
message	O
processing	O
package	O
for	O
FTN	O
(	O
FidoNet	O
Technology	O
Network	O
)	O
mail	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
by	O
Tobias	O
Burchhardt	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastEcho	B-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
FTN	O
mail	O
processing	O
packages	O
available	O
for	O
FTN	O
style	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
DPMI	O
and	O
native	O
OS/2	B-Application
32bit	O
,	O
it	O
offered	O
numerous	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
desirable	O
for	O
leafnode	O
systems	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
highend	O
FTN	O
mail	O
distribution	O
hubs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastEcho	B-Protocol
's	O
minimum	O
system	O
requirements	O
were	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
meet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOS	B-Application
v3.xx	O
or	O
IBM	O
's	O
OS/2	B-Application
v2.x	O
or	O
v3.0	O
were	O
the	O
minimum	O
required	O
operating	O
system	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
list	O
of	O
supported	O
archiver	O
packages	O
was	O
PKZIP/PKUNZIP	O
1.10/2.04g	O
,	O
ARJ	B-Application
2.30/2.41a	O
,	O
LHARC	O
1.13c/LHa	O
2.13	O
,	O
PKPAK/PKUNPAK	O
3.61	O
,	O
ARC	O
6.02	O
,	O
ZOO	B-Application
2.10	O
,	O
PAK	O
2.51	O
,	O
SQZ	O
1.08	O
,	O
RAR	O
1.5x	O
,	O
and	O
UC2	O
2.00	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
supported	O
were	O
various	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
packages	O
like	O
RemoteAccess	B-Protocol
,	O
Maximus	B-Protocol
,	O
QuickBBS	B-Protocol
,	O
ProBoard	B-Application
,	O
and	O
T.A.G.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
the	O
FTN	O
MSG	O
format	O
,	O
the	O
HMB	O
designed	O
by	O
Adam	O
Hudson	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
JAM	B-Protocol
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBS	O
users	O
handling	O
mail	O
offline	O
could	O
also	O
use	O
FastEcho	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
QWK	O
and	O
Blue	B-Protocol
Wave	I-Protocol
users	O
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastEcho	B-Protocol
had	O
numerous	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
desirable	O
on	O
many	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastEcho	B-Protocol
could	O
handle	O
up	O
to	O
1024	O
downlinks	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
3072	O
message	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Application
version	O
(	O
including	O
DPMI	O
)	O
has	O
a	O
limit	O
of	O
64	O
KiB	O
per	O
message	O
,	O
cutting	O
any	O
larger	O
message	O
down	O
to	O
that	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
,	O
the	O
maximum	O
size	O
is	O
512	O
KiB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
many	O
free	O
alternatives	O
emerged	O
,	O
but	O
FastEcho	B-Protocol
was	O
considered	O
by	O
some	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
versatile	O
tossers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
FastEcho	B-Protocol
,	O
although	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
not	O
improvable	O
,	O
is	O
still	O
downloadable	O
from	O
an	O
official	O
site	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
support	O
for	O
FastEcho	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
FastEcho	B-Protocol
Support	O
(	O
)	O
forum	O
.	O
</s>
