Subj : Re: qwk and/or points
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Fri Apr 05 2019 07:43 am

-=> Dale Shipp wrote to August Abolins <=-

 DS> I'm not totally sure that explanation is completely true.  Many users
 DS> in the USA would call a BBS, download a mail packet, and then read that
 DS> mail packet offline.   Seems to me that would take no more time than
 DS> accessing via point software.

When I started my BBS in 1991, I didn't have an offline door, and my
BBS would be busy most of the time. I limited my calls to 30 minutes,
and I'd see some people use every second of that. In 1993 or so I
discovered BlueWave and installed the door. I got a ton more calls
with much less usage. I could log onto a local node 24/7 now, but I
still like downloading a packet and reading offline - it's nice to be
able to scan ahead to see if someone's already answered a question I'd
thought to answer.



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