Hi Paul,

Here is a message I noticed in the POINTS echo, and it's interesting to see
that Msged 3.05 has reached Zone 1, but how the fuck did he manage to get
his origin line before the EOT kludge?  And why did Squish add another
control line?  Something very weird is going on...

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Date:   Fri May 26 1995 15:23:42
From:   Joey Mukherjee
To:     John Aceto
Subj:   Should I Point?
Attr:   
POINTS                         -------------------------------

*GMD: 1:387/800
*MSGID: 1:387/800.625 23b64228
*REPLY: 1:2609/202.0 2fc12f4a
*SOT:
On May 22 17:12 95, John Aceto of 1:2609/202 wrote:

JA>  What are the pros and cons of becoming a point?

The biggest pro is having automated mail transfers.  Other pros are ability to 
freq files, adding conferences (even ones not carried by the boss) is easier, 
and over all low maintenence.  The biggest con is it takes up more space than 
most mail readers.  Another pro is you can have files automatically sent to 
you...

JA>  What equipment would I need to become a point?

Hardware wise, nothing.  Software - pick up Binkley and probably PPOINT.  
Binkley is a mailer (gets the mail to and from the boss) and PPOINT is the 
tosser/reader.  The latest version of Binkley is 2.59a with the file name 
probably being BDOS259A.ZIP.  PPoint regularly comes through the file networks 
so you may be able to a search for it on a local board and get it.  

If you want a more complex point, you can go with Binkley/Squish/MsgEdSq.  
These work in both DOS and OS/2 versions.  That's what I'm using BTW.

I've been a point for quite a while and couldn't go back to QWK packets...
Joey

-+- Msgedsq/2 3.05

*EOT:

-+- Msgedsq/2 3.05

-+- Squish/386 v1.11
*SEEN-BY: 270/101 640/201 203 238 301 302 305 820 823
*PATH: 387/800 31 270/101 640/201 820 305
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I have edited all of the control characters, as they were stripped the
first time I saved this message.

Regards, Bill
@EOT:

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