02 Sep 15 22:01, you wrote to Holger Granholm:

 HG>> No, a point is not a BBS. A point is an user that has special rights,
 HG>> (advantages), given by the Sysop of the node he connects to. As a
 HG>> point you can have direct access to other nodes, if they are listed
 HG>> in the nodelist and you have it installed in your program.

 EV> O.K., so a point is a user who logs on as any other users do. But the
 EV> point user can do stuff maybe like acting as a temporary SysOp, when
 EV> the SysOp is away for a while?

no... point systems do not ever log in to a BBS... they use a FTN mailer
and exchange mail just like other FTN BBSes... when the mail arrives at the
boss node, it is packed up and held or sent to the point just like any
other FTN system... a point has its own message bases just like a BBS... if
a point operator wants to play games on their boss node's system, they have
to fire up a terminal and log in just like any other user... they just
don't pull mail or read messages on that system since they already have the
mail on their own system... if a point operator sees any files on their
boss node's system that they want, they can generate a FREQ (File REQuest)
and get those files via their mailer to mailer connection just like they do
their messages...

being a point is a step up from being a BBS user but there is a tradeoff of
sorts... a node operator does not have to run a BBS software package to
support point systems so there's less resource demand on their system...

does that help?

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