Hello Alan!
** 17.04.20 - 15:38, ALAN wrote to ALL:
I have been looking at both BEEMail and OPenxp.
Would anyone be kind enough to help me figure it out?
I looked at Beemail very briefly. It needs additional support with binkp
for transport over internet. But before I committed time to patch that together, Beemail decided to lockup at random times when just navigating around the program. That was on an WinXP system. The prog showed real promise considering that it supported a variety of echomail-culture
features. But then, the dated look of the program, icons, etc.. started
to bother me. I would have preferred a more scalable gui interface as
well. Retro is fine to visit in many ways, but I couldn't "live" Beemail.
Although OXP's interface is console-based, it has turned out to be my prog
of choice over WinPoint and Apoint when I had previously decided that I
would *not* go the console UI route. OXP's performance, features, on-
going development support, etc, convinced me to settle with OXP.
See
https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/ which charts my comparisons between the different programs I tried. Bottom line, OXP had the shortest CONS, and the longest PROS.
I am at a novice level. Someone set up one for me in the 90's from
Yellowknife NWT.
At least two people lurking in POINTS echo are here to help you
specifically with OXP.
For OXP, hop over to my little 90% complete project:
http://openxp.kolico.ca/
...for links to oxp files. Under "Get OpenXP.." look for "Quick-Start
guide" and grab the pdf. The pdf walks you through the core setup step by step. Once completed, and once you have mail flowing, additional
adjustments can come as required.
I have been using OXP for about a year now. I received a lot of help from this echo. I can pay-it-forward with offers to help in return where
needed.
$400.00/mth phone bills took that out.
I would like a BBS but I think I should just stay a point.
I don't think I ever had a monthly bill that high, but that kind of $ represents commitment! <g> What kind of system/point were you operating
at that time?
I also considered a full BBS setup, but I wanted to get started with
echomail quickly first and not be burdened with the policy requirements of
a nodelisted system. Besides, some internet connectivity limitations
restrict me from operating a BBS anyway.
Are you located in NWT?
Another thing worth trying is the webpoint solution produced at
velenosbbs. It's like a portable point system account that you can access from anywhere with a browser *without* all the fuss and bother of actually setting up your own softare of any kind. I still have sample screenshots
of what it looks like here:
http://openxp.kolico.ca/pointweb-on-17/
http://openxp.kolico.ca/pointweb-on-15/
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