Subj : qwk and/or points
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Apr 04 2019 06:54 pm

Hello Alan!

** 04.04.19 - 11:46, Alan Ianson wrote to Nil Alexandrov:

>> Interestingly, the QWK workflow was never a trend in Z2, instead we
>> moved to the point systems when we needed to automatically download
>> echomail for offline reading..

AI> ..I use a point myself, more for convenience than anything else. In
AI> the last year or so I have had two points here that have both gone on
AI> to become regular nodes in the net.

AI> No points at the moment but I keep an eye out for folks who would like
AI> a point address.

I could never quite understand why points never seemed to catch the  
imagination of message/echomail users in NA.  Maybe it was the timing of  
internet access coming into town and drawing people away to that.

Myself, I had about 12 or 15 dedicated points up to about year 2004.   
People loved the short-sessions and efficiency moving messages over  
dialup.

But I "pushed" it and demostrated how it works.  A real-life demo helped  
to sell the idea.

I lost favour in QWK for a variety of reasons.
Regards,
  ../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.36
 * Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)

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