02 Sep 15 22:01, you wrote to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG>> No, a point is not a BBS. A point is an user that has special rights,   
    HG>> (advantages), given by the Sysop of the node he connects to. As a   
    HG>> point you can have direct access to other nodes, if they are listed   
    HG>> in the nodelist and you have it installed in your program.   
      
    EV> O.K., so a point is a user who logs on as any other users do. But the   
    EV> point user can do stuff maybe like acting as a temporary SysOp, when   
    EV> the SysOp is away for a while?   
      
   no... point systems do not ever log in to a BBS... they use a FTN mailer and   
   exchange mail just like other FTN BBSes... when the mail arrives at the boss   
   node, it is packed up and held or sent to the point just like any other FTN   
   system... a point has its own message bases just like a BBS... if a point   
   operator wants to play games on their boss node's system, they have to fire up   
   a terminal and log in just like any other user... they just don't pull mail or   
   read messages on that system since they already have the mail on their own   
   system... if a point operator sees any files on their boss node's system that   
   they want, they can generate a FREQ (File REQuest) and get those files via   
   their mailer to mailer connection just like they do their messages...   
      
   being a point is a step up from being a BBS user but there is a tradeoff of   
   sorts... a node operator does not have to run a BBS software package to   
   support point systems so there's less resource demand on their system...   
      
   does that help?   
      
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