Hi,

I have been looking at both BEEMail and OPenxp.

Would anyone be kind enough to help me figure it out?

I am at a novice level. Someone set up one for me in the 90's from
Yellowknife NWT.

$400.00/mth phone bills took that out.

I would like a BBS but I think I should just stay a point.

Cheers,
Alan
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I am at a novice level. Someone set up one for me in the 90's from Yellowknife NWT.

Myself as well...from the early 90's. Got angry at Facebook...so came back to the fold.

Right now...an trying to set up an ArcaOS (OS/2) BBS with the last version of Telegard for OS/2...because Mystic no longer has a version for OS/2. Hopefully...the author has been talking about starting it up again...but
until that time...will get everything set up.

I would like a BBS but I think I should just stay a point.

May I suggest that you setup a BBS package...but make it a closed/private system. That way...you can find a package you will like that if you decide to open up your board...just change usually 1 setting in your configuration. For that matter...you could do this for a point as well running a BBS package.

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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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Hello, ALAN.
On 17/04/20 15:38 you wrote:

I have been looking at both BEEMail and OPenxp. Would anyone be
kind enough to help me figure it out? I am at a novice level.
Someone set up one for me in the 90's from Yellowknife NWT.
$400.00/mth phone bills took that out. I would like a BBS but I
think I should just stay a point.

Hi Alan if you want I can give you a number of Points in my system without you having to go crazy to configure the various software. A quick and easy solution ready to use.

Bye
Thomas
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+1 for Don's suggestion.

This message was from DON LOWERY to ALAN
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May I suggest that you setup a BBS package...but make it a closed/private system. That way...you can find a package you will like that if you decide to open up your board...just change usually 1 setting in your configuration. For that matter...you could do this for a point as well running a BBS package.


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Hello ALAN,

I have been looking at both BEEMail and OPenxp.

Would anyone be kind enough to help me figure it out?

I am at a novice level. Someone set up one for me in the 90's from Yellowknife NWT.

$400.00/mth phone bills took that out.

I had several of those back in the day.

That isn't an issue today, we use binkp to transfer mail and files over the internet around the globe with no extra fees.

I would like a BBS but I think I should just stay a point.

I could set you up here as a point (or a node for that matter). Feel free to netmail me here or email me at agianson(at)gmail(dot)com if you'd like to do that.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Sveiks ALAN!

18 Apr 20 16:03, F. Krueger wrote to you:

I have been looking at both BEEMail and OPenxp. Would anyone be
kind enough to help me figure it out? I am at a novice level.
..I would like a BBS but I think I should just stay a point.

Hi Alan if you want I can give you a number of Points in my system
without you having to go crazy to configure the various software. A
quick and easy solution ready to use.
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A shout-out to F.Krueger's solution! (notice my "point" address below). Works well if you have access to a constant internet connection during reading and writing.

The GoldEd window is scalable via the standard Windows Properties.


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Hello Alan!

*** Friday 17.04.20 at 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 can't help with BeeMail but I and a few others can certainly help with OpenXP.

I am at a novice level. Someone set up one for me in the 90's from Yellowknife NWT.

^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh, Ice Road Trucker land :-)

Regards,
Martin

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Hello!


I like openXP a lot more now that I have figured things out.

Sorry for all the whinning.

Alan
Regards,
SysOp

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Hello Alan Beck!

** On Wednesday 20.04.22 - 16:51, Alan Beck wrote to All:

I like openXP a lot more now that I have figured things out.

And.. the adventure begins. There are many cool features in
OXP.

Sorry for all the whinning.

:D ;)



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Hello Alan!

*** Wednesday 20.04.22 at 16:51, Alan Beck wrote to All:

I like openXP a lot more now that I have figured things out.

That's nice to hear and I'm pleased for you :)

Sorry for all the whinning.

No problem, don't worry about it.

Regards,
Martin

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Well,

I am having trouble running the script to install openxp on my linux
setup.
It just reports "Done" right away, nothing in the BIN directory.

When I try to install openxp in wine, I get the "english or deutch" this
happen and no joy, nothing works past that point.

Any Ideas out there?

Alan

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Hello Alan!

*** Thursday 25.08.22 at 22:52, Alan wrote to ALL:

I am having trouble running the script to install openxp on my linux
setup.
It just reports "Done" right away, nothing in the BIN directory.

You're looking in the wrong directory, please see my previous posts about this.

Regards,
Martin

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