PE>> This board no longer has any message areas defined to the
 PE>> BBS.  There are plenty of message areas available, but you
 PE>> have to be a point to access them. The reason for the

 KL> I have a rough idea about what a point is, but could you
 KL> clarify a few things for me?

Sure.  First of all, download POINTINT.ZIP, if you haven't already.

 KL>    - does a point have to call you board daily?

No.  You can call once a month if you want to.  It basically depends on how
much mail you get and how often you poll.  I am mainly concerned with how
large your waiting mail bundle is.  So long as that stays down around the
0.5 to 1 meg mark (compressed mail), then you can call whenever you want.
So for example if you were only receiving the "LOTUS" conference,
then I would expect you to call at least once every 570 years.  However, if
you are picking up a few Windows and OS/2 echos, then you are probably
looking at picking mail up every couple of days.

 KL>    - what obligations does a point have?

The same that a normal user has, basically "none", or at least it
depends on the conference moderator.  The only thing I am bound to is
POLICY4 (available from this board).  Since I am bound to it, so are you.

 KL>    - what software does one need?

Depends on your platform.  POINTINT.ZIP will guide you through that.  If it
doesn't, let me know and I'll amend the doco.

 KL>    - when a point picks up mail and FREQs stuff from you,
 KL>      is 10 minutes still the time limit?

When you pick up mail it is unlimited.  Therefore it is governed by what
you and I can agree on as a reasonable mail packet size.  At the moment,
the board is mostly unused, so there is no restrictions.  It is likely to
stay that way for quite a while (like maybe a year).

FREQs do have a limit on them though.  The limit changes, but is always at
least 10 minutes.  From memory, current restrictions are 20 minutes for
anyone my system doesn't have a password-protected session with, and 30
minutes for passworded sessions.  BFN.

Paul

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