Subj : Re: Why use a Point, and recommendations
To   : Dan Clough
From : Alan Beck
Date : Fri Jun 02 2023 09:27:02

//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.



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Regards,
Alan Beck
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