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  • Re: FTN-style mailers/readers

    From Gamgee@21:2/138 to CyberNix on Sat Sep 28 21:35:00 2024
    CyberNix wrote to All <=-

    My idea is to have a point node off my main node on fidonet and fsxnet
    and was just interested in what others use to read & poll FTN-style netmail/echomail on Windows & Linux.

    I like WinPoint (http://www.winpoint.org/) but some of it is in Dutch
    and I don't think it supports CRAM-MD5.

    Just wanted to gauge what people use so I can try it out!

    I just log into my BBS and download QWK-packets of echomail, then read
    them with an Offline Mail Reader called MultiMail. If I reply to
    anything, that gets uploaded to the BBS in a QWK-packet and exported to
    the network. Very simple, convenient, and works great.



    ... Don't wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it.
    === MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (21:2/138)
  • From CyberNix@21:4/145 to All on Sat Sep 28 19:58:18 2024
    Hi all,

    My idea is to have a point node off my main node on fidonet and fsxnet and was just interested in what others use to read & poll FTN-style netmail/echomail on Windows & Linux.

    I like WinPoint (http://www.winpoint.org/) but some of it is in Dutch and I don't think it supports CRAM-MD5.

    Just wanted to gauge what people use so I can try it out!

    Thanks,
    Nick
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: TFSI - bbs.tfsi.dev (21:4/145)
  • From Floris van Unen@21:1/146 to CyberNix on Sat Sep 28 22:16:44 2024

    Hello CyberNix!

    28 Sep 24 19:58, you wrote to all:

    Hi all,

    My idea is to have a point node off my main node on fidonet and fsxnet
    and was just interested in what others use to read & poll FTN-style netmail/echomail on Windows & Linux.

    Using Fidian under Linux and Aftershock on Android.

    Floris


    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5--b20170303
    * Origin: ----> Fidian on Azure West-Europe (Holland) IPV6. (21:1/146)
  • From CyberNix@21:4/145 to Floris van Unen on Sat Sep 28 20:32:09 2024
    Hey!

    Using Fidian under Linux and Aftershock on Android.

    Fidian looks nice! Thanks for the rec, gonna check it out and try to run in Docker :)


    Thanks,
    Nick
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: TFSI - bbs.tfsi.dev (21:4/145)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to CyberNix on Sun Sep 29 08:00:00 2024
    CyberNix wrote to All <=-

    Hi all,

    My idea is to have a point node off my main node on fidonet and fsxnet
    and was just interested in what others use to read & poll FTN-style netmail/echomail on Windows & Linux.

    The last time I did, I just duplicated my BBS environment (BinkleyTerm,
    Squish and Max), removed the BBS, kept the message areas and mailer, and
    used a message area reader (TimEd in my case) to read messages.

    WinPoint and SemPoint seem to be the two major players nowadays.



    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to CyberNix on Sun Sep 29 22:19:00 2024
    Hello CyberNix!

    I like WinPoint (http://www.winpoint.org/) but some of it is in Dutch and
    I don't think it supports CRAM-MD5.

    Yes it does. Here is a clip from one of my logs:

    14.02.22 23:36:25 TBNK Using BinkP protocol
    14.02.22 23:36:25 DSYS Connecting to Tommi Boss(2:221/1)
    14.02.22 23:36:25 IDEN Using authentication for uplink fidonet
    14.02.22 23:36:25 PASS Using session password
    14.02.22 23:36:25 HOST Connecting to host rbb.fidonet.fi:24554
    14.02.22 23:36:25 MAKE Making Connection
    14.02.22 23:36:26 CONN Connected
    14.02.22 23:36:26 BNUL OPT CRAM-MD5-9ccf130a74cbb7cc607492199d318cee
    14.02.22 23:36:26 RSYS RBB/2


    --- OpenXP 5.0.58
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 29 22:25:00 2024
    Hello poindexter FORTRAN!

    WinPoint and SemPoint seem to be the two major players nowadays.

    OpenXP is quite a fine performer too! ;)


    --- OpenXP 5.0.58
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to CyberNix on Fri Oct 4 14:05:00 2024
    Am 28.09.24 schrieb CyberNix@21:4/145 in FSX_GEN:

    Hallo Cybernix,

    My idea is to have a point node off my main node on fidonet and fsxnet and was just interested in what others use to read & poll FTN-style netmail/echomail on Windows & Linux.

    I'm using OpenXP on Linux, mostly because I've used in back in the 90s
    when I only was a point.
    But it really is the best message reader that I know, eg. the thread
    view is very useful to keep track of larger threads.

    Regards,
    Anna

    --- OpenXP 5.0.58
    * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)
  • From Ogg@21:3/110.10 to acn on Thu Oct 24 19:15:00 2024
    Hello acn!

    ** On Friday 04.10.24 - 14:05, acn wrote to CyberNix:

    I'm using OpenXP [...] But it really is the best message
    reader that I know, eg. the thread view is very useful to
    keep track of larger threads.

    The Search feature is superb, bar none. You can start a search
    with say "User", and then narrow down the search results with
    "Subj" or a string in the body of the message, for example.

    And its overall performance like a database for messages is far
    better than manipulating qwk packets.

    --- OpenXP 5.0.58
    * Origin: fsxnet/2 (21:3/110.10)