NB> (wonderful) software to read and answer the messages that we get by
 NB> our different means.
  
 DC> Unless you are going on-line and hitting all the commands to get
 DC> your  mail downloaded, you are a Point, for all intents and
 DC> purposes.   

 ml> other than the lack of a specific FTN point address, kinda true in a
 ml> loose analogy way... 

 DC> Isn't that what I said?   :)   

 ml> kinda... in a loose analogy sort of way... 

 DC> Way back when I first became a point I didn't notice any real
 DC> changes  other than the l/d charges at the time!  That was my big
 DC> impetus  to get a faster modem.  :)  

you'd have seen that, too, if you were simply using scripts and a terminal
to pull QWK or BW mail packets instead of FTN mail packets ;)

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