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echo: locsysop
to: Keith Richardson
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1994-09-22 18:55:44
subject: access

PE>> If you insist on running crappy software that can't handle
 PE>> messages of 35k in size, well what can I say except
 PE>> WHERE'S YER BLOODY CAPS KEY?

 KR> well, if thats all you can say, you may as well shut up.

Ok.

 PE>> What mailprocessor does ppoint use actually, is it squish?  If
 PE>> so, get with the times, man!  1.10 has already hit the streets.

 KR> it uses it's own, the only externals are the comms prog (bink), the
 KR> editor (ezequote), and the spellchecker (if you care to use one).

I thought it just said that it was truncated, not blow up?

 KR> no thanks, i have been mulling over the idea of writing a point all of
 KR> my very own. it would be a windows prog (what else would anyone want to
 KR> write for?), and use a standard database such as the paradox engine for
 KR> the messagebase. anyone could then write extensions or additions using
 KR> the standard available tools. i suppose that i could use access as it is
 KR> designed to integrate into the environment (and we have a developers kit
 KR> at work).it all really depends on how quickly i can climb the learning
 KR> curve (and how much time i waste on e-mail (-8 )

Sounds great.  Why don't you use Microsoft Access (which has
SQL - we have it at work).  I don't know what the technicalities
involved in getting a C program to call the SQL are though.

Why not knock up something bare-bones and give it to me to test
out?  I can put up with a lot of deficiencies.  BFN.  Paul.
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