On 28 May 06  19:12:52, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: feeds   
      
    DC> Unless you enjoy the loggon experience, you might consider    
    DC> pointing.  It automates the u/l-d/l     
      
    NB> Yes, I know.  However, getting message packets isn't all I'm doing...   
    NB> and, if I understand pointing correctly, I'd have to set up as a point   
    NB> from more than one source to have my backups in place.   
      
   As do nodes!  It really isn't all that different.     
      
    NB> I don't mind the log-on experience, I like the different flavors of   
    NB> the different boards, on most of the boards I frequent I can check to   
    NB> see who else has been on that day, and I do play a couple of word and   
      
   I sorta lost that as the only local node that also had FIDO    
   went down.     
      
    NB> trivia games on the different bbs's.  Even on Chowda, where I get my   
    NB> packets as email attachments (and could, although it doesn't always   
      
   I'm not that much into offline games, let alone online games.     
      
    NB> itself wasn't accessible I had to), I generally log on nightly, to play   
    NB> Scrabble and to u/l any reply packet I might have.     
      
   One in a while I'll play bridge.     
      
      
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