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
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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


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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
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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.
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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.



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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


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Hello poindexter FORTRAN!

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

OpenXP is quite a fine performer too! ;)


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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

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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.

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El 28/9/24 a las 15:58, CyberNix escribió:

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
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I use binkd+crashmail+golded on linux as point, to connect to my bbs
node that run sbbs
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//Hello Ragnarok,//

on *15.11.24* at *4:59:45* You wrote in Area *FSX_GEN*
to *CyberNix* about *"Re: FTN-style mailers/readers"*.

I like WinPoint (http://www.winpoint.org/) but some of it is in Dutch and

Actually german. Translation is missing for the integrated file request editor and the hatch assistent. Everything else should be in english. Will fix these two when I find time.

I don't think it supports CRAM-MD5.

No it doesnt. Mainly, because it think its pointless nowadays as MD5 is no way secure.

Regards,
PainDictator

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//Hello Ogg,//

on *30.09.24* at *2:19:00* You wrote in Area *FSX_GEN*
to *CyberNix* about *"FTN-style mailers/readers"*.

Yes it does. Here is a clip from one of my logs:
14.02.22 23:36:26 BNUL OPT CRAM-MD5-9ccf130a74cbb7cc607492199d318cee

Unfortunately, it just reports what the other side offers. It is not using it.

Regards,
PainDictator

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I had no idea what this was until I stumbled upon it one day. Added it to the Renegade BBS home page bbs utils links.


http://www.rgbbs.info/links.html

... Nothing wrong w/ this program a strong magnet can't cure.

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Its been there for 28 years ;) Damn I am old ...

Added it to the Renegade BBS home page bbs utils links. http://www.rgbbs.info/links.html

Can this be used like InternetREX? Toss mail via binkp and let everything else do the tossing and such and be nothing more than a transport and a node catch?

... Wise Man cross river *THEN* insult alligator.

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Hello Exodus,

On Mon, Dec 16 2024 08:03:31 -0600, you wrote ..

Can this be used like InternetREX? Toss mail via binkp and let
everything else do the tossing and such and be nothing more than a
transport and a node catch?

If I remember right, it isn't a "server", but it will poll another system for mail via binkp and other methods. So I'd imagine you could probably set it up as a PVT node if you didn't care to use it as a point.

Then again, I could be confusing this with OpenXP, which is similar and also includes NNTP support.

I installed both around the same time to check them out. I just didn't have a long term use for them. The main differences I noticed that pertained to my interest were that OpenXP has NNTP support, Winpoint doesn't.. and Winpoint has much better UTF-8 support. *shrug*

Both of them performed well in their own regard, though.

Regards,
Nick

... He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
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