MSGID: 1:396/45.29@fidonet 23a7bb44   
   REPLY: 796.canada@1:2320/105 2d086c07   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)   
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   TZUTC: -0400   
   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Monday 18.08.25 - 09:04, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>> You might like to look into OpenXP.  It would make your   
    >> connection operate as a point, and you benefit from having all   
    >> messages stored into a database for easy search and lookup   
    >> later.  I built https://openxp.kolico.ca to help promote it.   
    >> See the screenshots there.   
      
    RM> I briefly had a look at that. I access this board by having   
    RM> QWK files eMailed to me.. Is that how you use OpenXP ?   
    RM> I didn't see any reference to QWK in the PDF Manual, and   
    RM> the help file won't open in Windows 7, although possibly   
    RM> I can DL the software to fix that.   
      
   OpenXp is a complete FTN/NNTP/email system.  Wrt to FTN, you     
   simply configure it to "talk" with a sysop's system (the boss     
   node) like it was another Fido machine connecting to it to     
   exchange messages.   
      
   You can even "crash" netmail to another TLD (z:nnn/nnn) node.      
   It can even make file-requests.  For that to work, a nodelist     
   is required.   
      
      
   You do have to be a bit familiar with what a bossnode is, and     
   you and that sysop must establish the correct connection     
   credentials and packet configuration for the echomail.   
      
      
    RM> My main issue that brought this on was an inability to copy   
    RM> and paste into SLMR with the setup I have. Is OpenXP Windows   
    RM> software, as opposed to DOS and does it support that ?   
      
   OpenXP requires a Windows-based machine, yes.  But the program     
   itself operates like a console app - text based - as you could     
   see in the screenshots.   
      
      
    RM> Looking at the screen shots it doesn't look a whole lot   
    RM> easier to deal with than SLMR otherwise..   
      
   I was reluctant to use OpenXP at first too!  But I was coached     
   by a wonderful user/supporter of the program and ultimately     
   realized that OpenXP is truly quite feature-rich for messaging.   
      
   There might be a bit of learning curve.. so yes, it's not     
   necessarily "easier" at first.   The internal editor uses Word-    
   Star editing shortcuts, for example - but don't need to know     
   them all - a few basic shortcuts are all you need for deleting     
   lines, line-wrapping, copying to and from the clipboard, etc.   
      
   But the program has an internal context-sensitive HELP (F1)     
   when help is needed at any menu/page.   
      
   I use OpenXP with several different bossnodes and several     
   different networks: Fidonet, FSXnet, Micronet, Dovenet, and     
   even with End-Of-The-Line BBS in NNTP mode.   
      
   I simply wasn't happy limiting myself to QWK.  With QWK, you're     
   basically stuck reading and replying to one QWK file at a time.     
   With OpenXP, the messages get stored database style, and can be     
   accessed at any time. You can easily mark messages for reply     
   later, mark messages to keep, export to another file/clipboard,     
   and http:// links are recognized directly for easy copy/paste     
   into a browser.   
      
      
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