From: rbs{at}snippets.org
To: c_echo{at}yahoogroups.com

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 Charles Angelich wrote:

> RS> If you ever feel like getting more into Fidonet without
> RS> going all the way of running a BBS, give pointing a try. It
> RS> is worth the added effort. :-)
>
> I lurked in the Z1B and other FIDO sysop echos long enough to
> know I don't want that level of dependency with any of those
> people. I'm not here to get 'into' Fidonet. I just use the
> echos.

I have to echo his sentiments... I was never seriously "into" Fidonet
(certainly never enough to even consider setting up my own BBS), but I
also didn't like having to go through the login rigamarole whenever I
wanted to participate. So, I became a point. Instead of adding overhead,
it made Fidonet'ing a lot easier and more pleasant. I'd therefore rephrase
what he said to "...if you're even halfway serious about participating in
Fidonet, you should look into becoming a point." With a helpful sysop,
it's dirt simple. I pointed off Bob Juge's system and he had a prepackaged
"point-in-a-can" archive to help points get started. Downloading it was
the most time consuming part of the process - but that was back in the
days of 2400 kbps modems...

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