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Hello Mark - 

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CA>> We've discussed the lack of conformity to 'fido standards'
CA>> many many times and it just isn't going to happen in my
CA>> lifetime if ever. 

ml> actually, it's been done and quite some time ago... point
ml> systems are offline users that transport FTN mail in FTN
ml> format and (generally) use FTN compliant mail handlers and
ml> readers -=B-) 

ml> zone 2 has pointlist managers to handle all the point
ml> system entries they have... i haven't gotten a pointlist
ml> (like a fidonet nodelist) in quite some time but i
ml> understand that there are several thousands of points
ml> listed... 

All roads lead to Rome eh? 

I would not trade my freedom to upload/download FIDO messages
to/from any or all BBS that I chose to use. Being a 'point' is
comparable to voluntary servitude IMO. I guess the notion of
serfdom and empire building causes sysops to push the 'point'
thing as often as possible but the glitter is not there for me.
;-) 

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