I'm firmly in your camp with this one, for another reason I hadn't
thought about. To add delete echoes, you'd have to bother the sysop to
forward them or not, wouldn't you?

Besides, I tag quite a few echoes, and one tops out the 300 message
limit on the board almost every day. If I was majorly concerned to
read every post, I would argue for a point, but it's still nothing a
dialing script couldn't fix either. 

As it stands, my mail downloads are about a minute and a half long on
the large side, (Close to a thousand posts per day.) and as you know,
with an offline reader, it's VERY close to being a point anyway.

BTW, Cindy? Your mail is still sent or recieved. Never both at the
same exact time. Just like an OMR. 

THe real economy comes with the login and navigation. As I use
scripting for this, by the time I return with a coffee, I'm ready to
read. ...Unless the line is busy or such.

George Pope wrote to Cindy Haglund, "'Nother One" on 07-05-05 11:06

 GP> On (04 Jul 05) Cindy Haglund wrote to George Pope...
 CH>  GP> Why would it be easier to permanently set up software for a
 CH> point,
 CH>  GP> rather than just a one-shot deal to login & see if it's something
 CH> he
 CH>  GP> likes. . . ?
 CH>
 CH>  A point program is Faster. MUCH faster.
 CH>
 CH>  Once the point software is set up you just poll for messages tah dah,
 CH>  *DNLD and UPLD's occur at the same time.*

 GP> But to just CHECK into ABLED, a BBS login would be more appropriate than
 GP> setting up a permanent software setup you may decide is irrelevant to
 GP> your needs/desires!

 CH> your telnet program, log onto the BBS which in some cases may be

 GP> What telnet program?  Most people run MSIE daily already, so what's one
 GP> more link?

 CH> SLOW go through the screens to the menu, go to the qwk door etc etc

 GP> And the QWK door is for more expert/experienced users -- most new users
 GP> would just read messages online, using the BBS's interface!

 CH> and if the bbs is SLOW your dnld or upld may be likewise effected.
 CH> Also with qwk door you have to dnld or upld separately.

 GP> I think you're thinking of the old days, before Pentiums & DSL, when
 GP> BBSs were often S L O W.

 CH> Granted each method has its ups and downs. And if the system you point
 CH> from is down, well you're in the same boat either way. :)

 GP> True, true, but I still think for a simple check to see if something
 GP> will be of interest, a login would be best.

 GP> Because I care,
 GP> <+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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