RA>>> But being a point also allows you to File Request from participating
 RA>>> systems, which you can't do without a nodelist.

 >> That's quite possibly the case, but personally I haven't found

 RA> Not possibly, it is the case!  :)

 Wrong answer, but thanks for playing anyway... 

It IS actually possible to do a FREQ without a nodelist, although how EASY
a task it is to achieve depends solely on your mailer. On mine, it's a
simple case of passing it the telephone number on the command line. No
nodelist.

I certainly concede it's not as elegant as having a nodelist, but for
someone only rarely needing to freq or crashmail it makes better sense than
having a rather large and quickly outdated nodelist sitting on the HD.


 >> the need to Freq, so am not qualified to comment. Although I would have
 >> thought it possible, provided you know the telephone number of the BBS
 >> being sent the request.

 RA> Then you may as well just use your regular terminal program!  The
 RA> whole idea of being a point is to avoid all the "dross" associated
 RA> with logging into a board, waiting a few days until the Sysop agrees
 RA> to register you, just so you can grab a 3k file! :)

It's still FAR easier freq'ing without a nodelist than it is to dial in
from your term software. There's still no need to await verification from
the sysop nor is there a lengthy log on procedure.


 RA> Of course, pointing is more that a matter of just file leeching! :)

In my humble opinion, it makes Fido mailing viable. Online editing isn't
really a serious option for a moderate to heavy mail user, and with QWK
mailers one must still go through the procedure of logging onto the board,
and there are regular problems with last read pointers not being updated
etc. 

Cheers,

OJ.



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