09-03-15 20:55 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Heads up C64 game lov
Howdy! Mark,

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml> 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?

 ml> no... point systems do not ever log in to a BBS... they use a
 ml> FTN mailer and exchange mail just like other FTN BBSes... when
 ml> the mail arrives at the boss node, it is packed up and held or
 ml> sent to the point just like any other FTN system... a point has
 ml> its own message bases just like a BBS... if a point operator
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 ml> being a point is a step up from being a BBS user but there is a
 ml> tradeoff of sorts... a node operator does not have to run a BBS
 ml> software package to support point systems so there's less
 ml> resource demand on their system...

 ml> does that help?

I have another question, must the pc the Point User uses be ON always?
Thanks.

73


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