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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.       --         ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.57        * Origin: The ONLY point that matters! --> . <-- (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 123/131 124/5016 129/305       SEEN-BY: 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 112 113 206 307 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 266/512 280/464 5003 282/1038 291/111 292/854 8125       SEEN-BY: 301/1 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/81 120 460/58 633/267 280 281 412 418 509 712/848 770/1       PATH: 221/1 280/464 633/280 229/426           |
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