Subj : Get Back to FidoNet
To   : MARTIN FOSTER
From : THIARAMUS
Date : Fri Jun 22 2018 09:33:52

Hello Martin!

> Hello Wilfred!
> On 20.06.18 at 22:08, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to THIARAMUS:
>  WvV> There are a couple of specialized point packages advertized here from
>  WvV> time to time, but you could also still use GoldEd and FastEcho,
and use
>  WvV> binkd as your IP mailer...
> 
> Point packages which spring to mind are .....
> 
> OpenXP
> - Complete console mode Point system for Windows and Linux
> - FTS-6, EMSI, binkP
> - English, German
> - Includes built-in email and news clients
> - POP3, SMTP, NNTP, SSL/TLS
> - Available from https://openxp.uk
> 
> WinPoint
> - Complete GUI Point system for Windows
> - binkP, Telnet, ifcico
> - English, German, Spanish
> - Available from http://stargate.org.uk/winpoint
> 
> Fido Package Deluxe
> - Complete Point system for Windows
> - binkP(maybe supports other protocols but not sure)
> - English, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch
> - Includes GoldED, hpt, binkD, FastLst(all automatically configured     
>   during installation)
> - Available from http://stargate.org.uk/fpd

Thank you for listing this point packages! It sure will make a great
fall-back plan B for me, if my original plan of bringing good-old OS/2
Warp 4.5.2 back to life will fail.

So far I gathered almost all necessary components like binkD for OS/2,
FastEcho/2 and FleetStreet for OS/2 (yay! that was the best editor back
in the day). I remember that many years ago it wasn't too hard for me to
configure all that config files by myself, FE even had a some sort of GUI
setup tool. The only thing is that I never used binkD before, as I was
using T-Mail and sometimes Argus with dialup modem, but I am sure I will
figure it out, may be with some help from the community.

Best regards,
Roma
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