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   Message 395 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   Winpoint: wanting multiple BossNodes and   
   23 Mar 19 14:18:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d6b1716e   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58 4e48558d   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.36 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 22.03.19 at 18:56, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    MF>> Instead of creating separate echomail folder trees for each BossNode,   
    MF>> WinPoint dumps mail into each respective area folder in my one and only   
    MF>> echomail folder tree(2:250/1). In other words, after polling each   
    MF>> BossNode in turn, I have three copies of each message in each respective   
    MF>> area folder in my echomail folder tree.   
      
    MF>> However, I know from past experience that if I'm linked into *different*   
    MF>> areas at each BossNode, WinPoint *does* create a separate echomail tree   
    MF>> for each BossNode.   
      
    AA> OH!  OK, if the echoname is the same, in either feed, then WinPoint dumps   
    AA> it in just the first one in your side panel?   
      
   Yes, that's correct.   
      
    AA> What do you have for Extras/Options/Tosser/Dupes?   Wouldn't that deal   
    AA> with it?   
      
   I have "Toss to DUPES" but they're not dupes because they've been     
   picked up from three different BossNodes.   
      
    AA> But I guess you *want* a kind of redundancy: some of the same echos from   
    AA> more than one Boss?  MAN.. you are one super uber user.  ;)   
      
   Yeah, it's what's known as a "belt and braces" approach ;-))   
      
    AA> But.. how can Winpoint be configured to be multi-point?  If you are   
    AA> 2:250/1.1 with 2:250/1, how can you be a completely different point with   
    AA> another Boss?  ..or am I missing something.   
      
   You're missing something :-))   
      
   There are three stages to configuring this:   
      
   Stage 1   
   -------   
   - Extras/Options/Uplinks Tab.   
   - Click the Add button at the right-hand side in the Systems pane.   
   - Enter all the relevant information in each of the four Tabs(you          
     probably won't need to bother with the Fileliste Tab?).   
   - Once you've done all that, click the OK button.   
      
   You should now see a new "Mailbox" in the Systems pane.   
      
   Stage 2   
   -------   
   - Click the Add button at the right-hand side of the Fidostyle Uplinks     
     pane, which brings up the New Uplink Wizard.   
   - Click the Weiter button but be aware, everything's in German.   
   - Enter the relevant information on the page and then click the Weiter     
     button which takes you to the next page.   
     NOTE: there are four pages in total and on the first three pages,        
     you can go back to the previous page by clicking the Zuruck button       
     but on the fourth page there's NO GOING BACK!   
   - When you get to the fourth page, click the Schliessen button.   
      
   You should now see a new entry in the Fidostyle Uplinks pane.   
      
   Stage 3   
   -------   
   - Make sure the new Uplink is highlighted in the Fidostyle Uplinks         
     pane and click the Properties button.   
   - On the Allgemeines Tab, click the down-arrow in the Mailbox field        
     and click the new Mailbox you configured in Stage 1.   
   - Check the settings on all the Tabs and edit any that may need            
     changing.   
      
   Job done! :-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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