-=> Quoting Lawrence Lucier to Jim Venedam <=-
 LL> Jim Venedam @ 1:374/46.5 wrote on 01-15-98 08:41 about *Point*
 
 JV> Early on, I found out that there is a problem posting really big
 JV> notes. PPoint was truncating them after about 300 lines rather
 JV> than forming multiple posts.
 LL> I had a point using PPoint for a while that was also experiencing some
 LL> troubles with it.  You might be better to just go and use regular BBS
 LL> front end software, such as FrontDoor, Binkley etc and a mail tossing
 LL> program such as Squish. 
Something better than having to get front-end software (FD, Binkley, AND a 
mail
tosser AND a nodelist) is going with FDAPX (It requires NO nodelist nor a
Mail-tosser. It has its own mail-tosser, and you can use a nodelist
only if you want to take up 3 megs of drive space for a nodelist
FDAPX is Windoze based and there's a backbone echo for support.
 JV> For a while, I was reading the Newsgroups that my BOSS was
 JV> carrying. The NGs are not pointable, so I had to use BlueWave.
 LL> Hmmm.......actually they can be but I guess it depends on the BBS
 LL> sysop and the software they are using.  Running Binkley and Squish
 LL> here I have no troubles sending NG's to points. 
 JV>  I also use BlueWave for E-Mail, since I can't use it thru my
 JV> point. 
 LL> Again you should be able to as email is just an extension of
 LL> netmail.........if your sysop allows you netmail point priviledges
 LL> then to the best of my  knowledge there shouldn't be any reason why
 LL> you can't receive gated UUCP type email. 
 JV> I'm glad you didn't ask about the plusses. I might end up testing
 JV> that 300 line limit again. 
 LL> Not trying to set on your toes here Jim, but IMHO you'd be further
 LL> ahead to try out some of the more standard BBS'ing type
 LL> software........Frontdoor v2.02, Squish v1.11 (both freeware) and a
 LL> squish based mail reader such as TimEd, GoldEd, MsgEd (I think this
 LL> last one is freeware and available for DOS based system but am not
 LL> sure off-hand) or SqEd/32 (OS/2 program)  etc would do you just right.
 LL> :-) 
Too much drive space consumed (IMO) when there is programming such as FDAPX
available that do it all.  It's shareware, but only a 30-second delay and
a prompt come up after the evaluation has expired.
Nancy
  Nancy
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