Subj : hello from Veleno/Italy
To   : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Thu Oct 08 2020 20:10:15

Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/8/20 8:20 PM you wrote:

 CP>> Probably because like me, he finds it easier to get a point 
 CP>> outside of Z1 than in.
 AA> I just posted a brief "how I got here" story.

I did read it.  But I also have a tendency to give lowkey sarcastic replies.
 
 AA> But I guess a part of what you said could be true. If I had   
 AA> landed on a JamNNTP provider in Zone 1 the first time, then   
 AA> *maybe* I would have ended up with a point in my own domestic   
 AA> zone.

I have no idea of what JamNNTP is.
 
 AA> I don't see Zone 1 sysops eager to encourage point users.

Exactly.  I did have a zone 1 point a few years ago. But unfortunately the device died, and typical me,  I didn't have the information backed up.  I don't even remember the system, except it was in Canada.

This time around, I asked 20-25 Z1 sysops, who generally gave some weak answer about they weren't allowed to.  I just figured that they didn't want to. That's fine.

Z2 was more welcoming.  And Z4 as well,  but there are issues along the line on messages traveling.

 AA> The Z2 Pointlist is an amazing project. It speaks to the   openess 
 AA> and practicality of operating as a point when that is   a better 
 AA> option for a user.

I would still like to eventually set up an actual BBS at some point. If only fir my own testing grounds.

But that's in the "do it later" pile.
 

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