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От : Alan Beck 1:229/426.36 02 июн 23 09:27:02
К : Dan Clough 02 июн 23 15:45:14
Тема : Re: Why use a Point, and recommendations
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//Hello Dan,//
on *01.06.23* at *2:40:00* You wrote in area *POINTS*
to *All* about *"Why use a Point, and recommendations"*.
DC> Hello all,
DC> Just started following this echo, as I may have an interest in setting up
DC> a point for reading mail. I have a few questions, and apologize if
DC> they`ve been asked before, which I`m sure they have...
I have been a point for a while.
DC> 1. What pros/cons are there to using a Point, versus reading/writing
DC> echomail directly on a BBS, or with an Offline Reader. I operate a BBS,
DC> and have used offline mail readers for years. Just wondering how/if a
DC> point would be "better" in some way. What can it do for me that I can`t
DC> currently do with my OLR (MultiMail)?
Being a point is great, you just poll your bossnode and the mail
comes in, easy peasy.
DC> 2. I`m interested (only) in software for Linux. A glance through the
DC> existing messages here would seem to indicate that `OpenXP` is the point
DC> software of choice. Pretty much true? Any alternatives to that?
Explore WinPoint, I use it and love it. You have to wrestle with
font size but after that it is OK.
At first glance it looks like a real email program with a full screen.
OpenXP is a smaller user interface and I have found the keystrokes
a bit cumbersome.
In winpoint you can focus the message window and navigate using the
arrow keys. I like that very much.
you need a Bossnode to start with, unless you are one.
You can reconfigure Winpoint as often as you like, untill you get it.
you won`t need to qwk again.
I used qwk off and on for years.
The BBS route was a way I wanted to go but I could not figure
it out, being a point was the way to go for me.
DC> Thanks for taking some time to provide me some info/advice, and I look
DC> forward to participating here.
DC> ... System halted - Press all keys at once to continue.
DC> === MultiMail/Linux v0.52
DC> --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
DC> * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (1:135/115)
Regards,
Alan Beck
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