Cindy Haglund wrote to James Bradley, "Pointly pointed points" on 08-01-05
20:34

 CH> Dam it. I hit 'lose' accidentally instead of 'save' so I have to do this
 CH> again.... ahhhh!!!

ROTF! I used to like a menu system, but am quite familiar on this
 emacs so far. Now, I try to run those macros from Q-Edit!

 CH> I'll submit two things I DO like a bout qwk door. You can set it up so
 CH> you don't dnld 'messages to you' and the qwk door deletes dupes (that
 CH> is if you forgot whether or not you uploaded certain replies or
 CH> not.... you'll know if you did as you'll see "duplicate deleted" in
 CH> the upload list. ((Sometimes I get those two terms mixed up.)

 CH> ................................

 JB> It was that I was referring to. A sysop always has to work to set up a
 JB>  sub-node. If you can request and drop echoes to your point, that is a
 JB>  new feature since I have seen it. If a person calls as any user, they
 JB>  can - as always - tag or drop echoes with a call in to toggle
 JB>  anything. As the board to call here, is also the NEC's, there's
 JB>  paltry he doesn't carry, and he's *very* hospitable to turning things
 JB>  on with a simple request.


 CH>  Most sysops don't mind adding new echos to their bbs but if it's one
 CH> there's blacklisted users for he or she might be reluctant.
 CH> ................

Only if they don't have their permissions set properly. There should
 be administrative, sysop, preferred, idiot, twit... From there, they
 can easily twit someone, and they would be on probationary
 status. You can also restrict certain users as Read Only for echoes
 specifically. 

 JB> I don't know what gave you the idea, but a BBS is still my preference
 JB>  for myself also. I have too many machines on the go at any time, that
 JB>  I like to also equip to run fido. Two specifically, are traded off on


 CH>  We agreed on one point and not another which is okay. I think we
 CH> agree every 'way of doing things' has both plusses and minuses. Akin
 CH> to choosing climates to live in. Your choice hinges on what you like
 CH> the best and then what you're willing to put up with out of the
 CH> disliked.

"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." 

 JB>  the chore often, so pointing would require me to network those two,
 JB>  plus any other coming online. That can *always* be a crap shoot for a
 JB>  newly functioning system, as NICs sometimes putter out, or are having
 JB>  resource arguments, et al.

 CH>  I see :)

Ya... And I recently found my living room floor after being missing in
 action for years. /-:

 JB> You can pass-through, and request echoes the boss doesn't carry?

 CH>  I think they get the echos right off the backbone. I'll check this
 CH> out with my bossnode.
 CH> .........


 JB> And the only real trouble with BW and Y2K was with running it through
 JB>  the QWK door. It's really a shame more don't run the BW door, as I've


 CH> nod I remember! Oh btw I used bwave DOOR on one bbs, with the olmr quite
 CH> nicely. Nice thing was you could use the door's twit filter instead
 CH> of having to use the reader's filter. (So the twit messages never get
 CH> ON your system in the first place marked as 'red')... but then someone
 CH> said FIdONET doesn't like that practice. I forget the details on this
 CH> issue.
 CH> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

If the idiot is voluminous, and out of bounds, moderators usually take
 care of it. Besides that, it doesn't take too many bits to get the
 jerks words en-mass.

 JB> There was a point who would pole me for a bit. There were two or three

 CH>  Poll :) I used to say TOLL until I was kindly corrected. :) If
 CH> someone poled you it might hurt! :) (playing with words here).

No, but I offered to do it for one smart ...

 JB> Maybe I just show my obstinacy, but I refuse to take 'no' as a valid
 JB> answer. Maybe that's my strength, but it can also be my weakness. I
 JB> just want to make sure it's not my undoing. 


 CH>   I never take no for an answer! :) Well unless it's explained, maybe..

"Lucy? You've got some 'splaining to do!"


 CH>  This gets cut off into next message where I made you laugh! :) Glad
 CH> of it too.

Who said I wasn't having a good  time? 

 CH> Cindy

 CH> ... That's not a bug. It's supposed to do that.



... That's not a bug. It's a moth!
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