20 Jun 06 15:43, Janis Kracht wrote to Roy Witt:

 JK> Hi Roy,

 >>>>>> Where can I get pointlists of other (not z2) zones?
 >>>>> TTMBOK only Z2 maintains a zone pointlist.
 >>>>> So the anser is: "nowhere"

 >>>> Why?

 >>>> Have nodes from other zones any point? :-)

 >>> I have about 20 points on my system, but no one in Zone 1 has been
 >>> interested in making a point list (so far at least).  I'm sure there
 >>> are many other systems like mine with a good number of points,
 >>> though.

 >> When I was a user on net202 BBS', there was a point list passed around
 >> among the net members. That list eventually died, as the points
 >> dwindled to zero. Instead, the NC encouraged those who wanted to be a
 >> point to join Fidonet as a sysop. I was one of those who did that.

 JK> That's interesting :) And yes, I think that was generally true in
 JK> Z1.. if a person could get mail going back and forth between his or
 JK> her system and a host system, we generally encouraged the point to
 JK> become a sysop.

At that time, I was using several BBS' and not finding much luck in
keeping up with my favorite echo; CHATTER. That was mainly because BBS's
were dropping like flies from the network. Not to mention the wait time
for those without several lines to accommodate more users. And they all
wanted a few dollars to help pay for the costs. (I hadn't heard about cost
recovery yet)

 JK> . I still think it's a good idea though I do wish someone would think
 JK> of a way to entice more of our users back to our echos :) Not an easy
 JK> thing with the internet msg. boards being used so much.. :(

If the process were made easier, i.e. no need for a seperate frontend,
tosser and reader, but a program that's all in one, it could happen. I
think Point99.exe was a great one for doing all of that. OTH, the use of
JamNNT would be the best bet, as it's easy to do in Outlook Express on a
Widoz machine.


Roy
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