Board:   [fsxNet] Test messages
Subject: Re: Re: binkpoint 1.0.6 released
From:    Shurato (21:2/148)
Date:    Fri Nov 13, 2026 00:04

* In a message originally to Shurato, Michael Geller said:

 >  S> I don't understandt he purpose...  All mailers handle points as do the
 > front
 >  S> ends...

 >  S> Shurato
 >  S> Shurato's Heavenly Sphere: shsbbs.net (standard ports, 999 wss) FREQ
 > FILES

 > Hi Shurato,

 > you're right - for a sysop who already runs a mailer and a BBS,
 > binkpoint adds nothing. Mystic, binkd, BinkIT and friends all
 > handle points just fine.

 > binkpoint is aimed at a different user: someone who just wants to
 > be a point and read/write echomail on Windows, without setting up
 > a mailer, a tosser and a separate reader first. It is mailer,
 > tosser and reader in one program, with full ANSI display. Enter
 > your point address, password and boss node, and you're online.

 > Think of it as an easy entry for newcomers rather than a
 > replacement for existing tools.

Oh!  That totally makes sense, now, thanks for the explantion!

Shurato
Shurato's Heavenly Sphere: shsbbs.net (standard ports, 999 wss) FREQ FILES
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