In a message to Anthony about minosqwk, Alan said:

AM> I'm starting to wish I had never opened my mouth about this point
AM> shit!  It's the most bloody awful, inept, unfriendly, visually
AM> unintelligent software I've ever come across - ALL OF IT!  Whilst it
AM> might do its actual job properly (even that's debatable with all the
AM> evidence of lost mail everywhere), actually using it is just a joke.

AW> Stick with it Anthony. I felt like this originally, but now I better
AW> understand the advantages of running as a point, and I can overlook
AW> some of the rough edges.

I just knew a "point zealot" would say this to me! 

If I can get bink/squish/max running to produce .qwk files, I'll be
happy, until such time as my OLR can read a native .pkt file.  In the
interim, I am not a happy boy!

'tnt, Anthony.