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|    Martin Foster to Dale Barnes    |
|    Auto Point Configuration    |
|    05 Nov 20 11:39:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet ea216333       REPLY: 2:310/31.3@fidonet ea015e7b       PID: OpenXP/5.0.47 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0000       Hello Dale!              *** Sunday 01.11.20 at 12:03, Martin Foster wrote to Dale Barnes:               DB>> I know that there is a CDP flag setup to allow for a process to auto        DB>> configure Point software.               MF> If you don't mind me saying, CDP doesn't work like that, it indicates        MF> that a Node is running a system which automatically allocates Point        MF> numbers to prospective Points and automatically sets them up on the        MF> Node's system.              If you're considering having a serious look at this, you'll probably need        this .....              ---------- 8< ----------       FreePoint v2.42, (c)2001 CvB, Released        under the GNU PUBLIC LICENSE       FreePoint is an utility to choose a free       point number on a node system and to       randomly generate up to 4 passwords for       the newly chosen point number.       This data can be used to automatically       configure a node system with the new       point's data.       FreePoint can update text configurations       of any kind plus binary configurations       for which utilities are available.       Utilites for the following programs are       included: Allfix, FastEcho, FileScan,       FMail, FrontDoor, IMail.       FreePoint comes in executables for DOS,       OS/2 and Win32 with source code.       Compiles under Linux.       ---------- 8< ----------              Please feel free to grab a copy from https://stargate.org.uk/cdp/              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.47        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 123/131 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 240/2100 5138 5411 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 8125       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 310/31 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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