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|    Martin Foster to August Abolins    |
|    BeeMail    |
|    16 Mar 19 11:28:00    |
      MSGID: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d6796a3a       REPLY: 2:221/1.58 49b05685       PID: OpenXP/5.0.36 (Linux) (x86_64)       CHRS: ASCII 1       Hello August!              On 15.03.19 at 19:14, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:               AA> On 15.03.19, you wrote:               AA>>> Beemail seems to be the only other Win-GUI internet-ready point program        AA>>> available. But it needs much more pre-configuration than Winpoint.               MF>> I'd like to have a look at BeeMail but all the links I can find for it        MF>> are "dead". Where can I get a copy?               AA> Hi Martin,               AA> I don't remember how exactly, but I eventually noticed "Filegate"        AA> mentioned in one of the fido newsletters. Filegate publishes file request        AA> stats.. so, I think I followed the web address for Filegate:               AA> http://www.filegate.net/               AA> OR.. I maybe I remembered the filegate site for other reasons in the past        AA> (nodelist, newsletter, etc) and remembered seeing the sections for fido        AA> software.               AA> There, the BBS Mailer page lists Beemail in the bunch.               AA> Check it out.              It's listed on the "Not On The Filegate/No Longer Distributed"        section, so I suppose that's the end of that.               AA> I'm not too crazy continuing to use WinPoint in its buggy state full        AA> time.              Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I've never adopted it as my first        choice Point software.              Do you have any thoughts on an alternative to WinPoint?              I can recommend OpenXP :-))       Versions available for Windows and Linux from https://openxp.uk       Source is also available.              If you do decide to have a look, I would *STRONGLY* advise you to grab        a copy of "oxpguide.pdf" and read sections 1 and 2 before proceeding        with the installation and configuration.              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.36        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:240/2188.31)       SEEN-BY: 15/2 123/1970 226/17 229/107 426 1014 240/2100 2188 5138       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 5853 246/2027 249/206 317 400 280/464 292/854 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 393/68 2432/200 390 2454/119       PATH: 240/2188 5832 229/426           |
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