On (10 Dec 94) Bob Lawrence wrote to Keith Richardson...



 BL> If you switch to point software, you will have to learn a new

 BL> PKT reader, and you won't be able to get QWK packets from the

 BL> PCUG unles you have two different setups.



 KR> there are 2 versions of ppoint, one of which handles qwks as an

 KR> input. i have never tried to use it but i see no good reason

 KR> why you shouldn't be able to have a copy of both and point them

 KR> (pun) at the same messagebase.



 BL>   It's what you like, Keith. I like Bluewave, after trying Robomail,

 BL> OLX, SLMR, and several others that made so much impression that I

 BL> don't even remember them... but I must admit I have never tried a PKT

 BL> reader.



i used bw for a while, but, although i found it quite good using blue

wave packets, i found olx better for qwk. the reason that i like ppoint

so much is that there is zero hassle, i've probably spent no more than

5% of the time on it that any of the pkt2qwk or squish users have, and

it has never sent messages to the wrong area. i got a shoal of dupes

with a shonkey system that i set up at 3am one morning but that was my

fault. when a new version comes out, i can usually have it up and

running in less than 30 min. thats my sort of software, no fucking

about, it just works. corse, the user interface is fucked, but thats

another story  (-8



 BL>   My only problem with QWK and BlueWave is netmail, and my version of

 BL> REP2PKT will be pensioner-friendly.



 BL>   I've decided that if I find a "To:" anywhere in a
message, followed

 BL> by a set of numbers in the xxx:xxx/xxx.xxx format, then I'll assume

 BL> it's netmail and send it. If I don't find a "To:" in a
netmail message

 BL> I'll default to a names list to get the address, and failing all that,

 BL> I'll send the message to myself. I reckon this might solve my problem.



sounds a great hobby, and a good way to learn vb. i always reckonned the

way to learn a language was to find a project that you really want to

do, and write the program to do it. i am doing the same thing with c++

and owl to write a windows prog, the learning curve is so steep that i

think that i need a rope and pitons.  )-8



 BL>   And besides, I paid $40 for BlueWAve.



big money for a pensioner - better slip down to the arsehole, and invest

on keno  (-8



                        Keith



... A dead dog doesn't bark.



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