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   August Abolins to Dan Clough   
   Why use a Point, and recommendations   
   01 Jun 23 18:22:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 090541c9   
   REPLY: 1068.fido_points@1:135/115 28dd3f1c   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.57 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   Hello Dan!   
      
    DC> 1.  What pros/cons are there to using a Point, versus   
    DC> reading/writing echomail directly on a BBS, or with an   
    DC> Offline Reader.  I operate a BBS, and have used offline   
    DC> mail readers for years.  Just wondering how/if a point   
    DC> would be "better" in some way.  What can it do for me that   
    DC> I can't currently do with my OLR (MultiMail)?   
      
   Even running OpenXP as a point with your bbs locally would open     
   up the wonderful reading/editing/searching/database     
   functionality.   
      
   See http://openxp.kolico.ca/sample-screenshots/ ..for     
   screenshots.   
      
      
    DC> 2.  I'm interested (only) in software for Linux.   
      
   A linux installation is supported.   
      
    DC> A glance through the existing messages here would seem to   
    DC> indicate that 'OpenXP' is the point software of choice.   
    DC> Pretty much true?  Any alternatives to that?   
      
   At first I was convinced that I would stick with a Win-GUI     
   based point program.  But when I was introduced to OpenXP, it     
   became a wonderful journey of discovery of its feature-rich     
   operation.   
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     ../|ug   
      
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