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   //Hello Dan,//   
      
   on *01.06.23* at *2:40:00* You wrote in area *POINTS*   
   to *All* about *"Why use a Point, and recommendations"*.   
      
    DC> Hello all,   
      
    DC> Just started following this echo, as I may have an interest in setting up   
    DC> a point for reading mail.  I have a few questions, and apologize if   
    DC> they've been asked before, which I'm sure they have...   
      
   I have been a point for a while.   
      
    DC> 1.  What pros/cons are there to using a Point, versus reading/writing   
    DC> echomail directly on a BBS, or with an Offline Reader.  I operate a BBS,   
    DC> and have used offline mail readers for years.  Just wondering how/if a   
    DC> point would be "better" in some way.  What can it do for me that I can't   
    DC> currently do with my OLR (MultiMail)?   
      
   Being a point is great, you just poll your bossnode and the mail comes in,   
   easy peasy.   
      
    DC> 2.  I'm interested (only) in software for Linux.  A glance through the   
    DC> existing messages here would seem to indicate that 'OpenXP' is the point   
    DC> software of choice.  Pretty much true?  Any alternatives to that?   
      
   Explore WinPoint, I use it and love it. You have to wrestle with font size but   
   after that it is OK.   
      
   At first glance  it looks like a real email program with a full screen.   
      
   OpenXP is a smaller user interface and I have found the keystrokes a bit   
   cumbersome.   
      
   In winpoint you can focus the message window and navigate using the arrow   
   keys. I like that very much.   
      
   you need a Bossnode to start with, unless you are one.   
      
   You can reconfigure Winpoint as often as you like, untill you get it.   
      
   you won't need to qwk again.   
      
   I used qwk off and on for years.   
      
   The BBS route was a way I wanted to go but I could not figure it out, being a   
   point was the way to go for me.   
      
    DC> Thanks for taking some time to provide me some info/advice, and I look   
    DC> forward to participating here.   
      
      
      
    DC> ... System halted - Press all keys at once to continue.   
    DC> === MultiMail/Linux v0.52   
    DC> --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux   
    DC>  * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (1:135/115)   
      
   Regards,   
   Alan Beck   
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