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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   winpoint: 1:1/1   
   05 May 20 20:35:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e4206357   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e41a7d1f   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32) (i386)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   Hello August!   
      
   *** Monday 04.05.20 at 09:56, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA>>> When I drop in the archived nodelists into the DistribNL, WinPoint   
    AA>>> magically unpacks them.   
      
    MF>> I've never seen that happen here ?   
      
    AA> HUH?  Of course you have.   
      
   See below .....   
      
    AA> It's even documented, by you.  ;)   
      
   Where?   
      
    AA> While WinPoint is loaded and running, and I drag and drop a noldelist   
    AA> archive from the inbound directory to the DistribNL direcory, the   
    AA> NODELIST.Z## file is automatically replaced by its unpacked equivalent   
    AA> (and the original archive is gone).   
      
   ..... I've just tried that and absolutely nothing happened.   
      
    AA>>> WinPoint may be the better GUI-based point program compared to Apoint,   
      
    MF>> Yes, it's a much more aesthetically pleasing GUI but it's such a great   
    MF>> shame that all the bugs and issues will never be fixed. Perhaps someone   
    MF>> should waft $$$$$$'s under Tim's nose ;)   
      
    AA> I don't know who might have these wafts of $$$$$$'s that you mention,   
    AA> especially at this covid/lockdown/stay-home time.   
      
   Perhaps there's a "money bags" lurking in a dark corner LOL!   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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