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   -=> On 12-04-20 05:38, Kai Richter wrote to Maurice Kinal <=-   
      
    KR> As far as i remember offline readers like QWK are an interface to a BBS   
    KR> and act like online BBS users. And like online BBS users they are   
    KR> operating with the main aka of the BBS.   
      
   Yeah, offline mail is accessed through an ordinary user account, not a point   
   system, so messages posted by offline users (like this message) appear the same   
   as locally online posted messages, for all intents and purposes. :)   
      
    MK> This isn't that far off from a numbered userbase on a BBS where by   
    MK> default the sysop is listed as number 1.   
      
    KR> I can't remember how QWK uses the usernumber index. Maybe that was part   
    KR> of the BBS responsibilties.   
      
   You talking about QWK mail posted by a user?  That's posted from within the   
   user's account, so it's the BBS's responsibility.  QWK networked messages,   
   OTOH, arrive from multiple users, but they're not offline mail (even though   
   they use the same format), they are network messages, more like FTN, except   
   there's no FTN address, kludges, routing information, etc.  There is some QWK   
   networking information though, especially on Synchronet based networks, thanks   
   to DM's QWK estensions.   
      
    KR> If you're going to use point numbers then you do not have an offline   
    KR> reader - it's a point software. "Offline reader" could be used even for   
    KR> fully featured node systems too, just because fidonet is an offline   
    KR> network. It's basics are store and forward if connected and disconnect   
    KR> after packages sent.   
      
   Network wise, a point system is more like a fully fledged FTN node (with some   
   differences in handling SEENBYs, because those are only 2D).   
      
      
   ... And on the 8th day God said, "Murphy, you're in charge."   
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