ml> ever wonder why may sysops running BBS' also use an external message
 ml> reader? in my case it is so i can read and reply without blocking any
 ml> users from accessing the BBS'... it is done completely outside the BBS
 ml> and so is strictly message related... no going thru the bulletins or
 ml> news or new files lists or such... i do check the BBS like that from
 ml> time to time but there's no reason for me to do such once a day let
 ml> alone multiple times a day ;)

 NB> I offer 7 nodes here that are rarely ever all filled up these days.
 NB> I still enjoy the whole BBS experience. Though I can already admit,
 NB> that these external readers/editors can get ~300 message bases
 NB> newscanned, marked as read, replied to, or ignored much faster than
 NB> any BBS software. :)

there is that :)

i also have two external editors that i use... one shows more information
than the other (ie: the year of the message) and it can also handle a lot
more messages (sheer numbers) but i've not yet run into a problem with
either when accessing my largest message bases... the one has a great
search function where the other one does not... those are just a few things
right off the top of my head... the presentations are very similar in both
as are the keys to use... i sometimes get lost when using one over the
other because of that but it is also because i've used the one more in
recent times... there was a time when i had to use the other one more
because of beta testing it and its related software...

)\/(ark

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