09-03-15 20:55 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Heads up C64 game lov   
   Howdy! Mark,   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <55E97503.14472.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml> 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?   
      
    ml> no... point systems do not ever log in to a BBS... they use a   
    ml> FTN mailer and exchange mail just like other FTN BBSes... when   
    ml> the mail arrives at the boss node, it is packed up and held or   
    ml> sent to the point just like any other FTN system... a point has   
    ml> its own message bases just like a BBS... if a point operator   
   -snip-   
    ml> being a point is a step up from being a BBS user but there is a   
    ml> tradeoff of sorts... a node operator does not have to run a BBS   
    ml> software package to support point systems so there's less   
    ml> resource demand on their system...   
      
    ml> does that help?   
      
   I have another question, must the pc the Point User uses be ON always?   
   Thanks.   
      
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