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|    Martin Foster to August Abolins    |
|    oxp: sysop mode    |
|    18 Mar 21 11:21:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet ee8a22d0       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ee781496       PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32) (i386)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0000       Hello August!              *** Tuesday 16.03.21 at 09:21, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:               MF>> The way it works is, that instead of polling the BossNode        MF>> for mail, OpenXP creates a mail packet/bundle in whatever        MF>> directory has been assigned as the "outbound". It's then up        MF>> to the Node to transfer the mail packet/ bundle to their        MF>> secure inbound in their mailer setup and then run their        MF>> tosser to pack mail for uplinks/downlinks.               AA> I suppose that might have been practical when binkd wasn't a        AA> built-in feature of the program?              Not really because the whole idea of SysOp Mode is to allow a Node to use        OpenXP as a message reader/editor AND to use their Node address instead of        the more usual Point address.              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.49        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 1017       SEEN-BY: 240/2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206 317 400 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 282/1038 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 2454/119       PATH: 310/31 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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