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    From Charles Pierson@2:240/1120.976 to All on Mon Sep 14 08:39:50 2020
    Hello, All.

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.


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  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to Charles Pierson on Mon Sep 14 15:05:00 2020
    Hello Charles!

    *** Monday 14.09.20 at 08:39, Charles Pierson wrote to All:

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.

    See the tearline :))

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Charles Pierson on Mon Sep 14 16:55:15 2020
    Hi Charles,

    On 2020-09-14 08:39:50, you wrote to All:

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.

    Binkd + FMail + Golded ... ;)

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Charles Pierson@2:240/1120.976 to Wilfred van Velzen on Mon Sep 14 20:38:07 2020
    Hello, Wilfred van Velzen.
    On 9/14/20 4:55 PM you wrote:

    Hi Charles, On 2020-09-14 08:39:50, you wrote to All:
    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.
    Binkd + FMail + Golded ... ;)

    Interesting. I've heard of Golded, but not Gmail.

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Charles Pierson on Tue Sep 15 12:15:38 2020
    Hi Charles,

    On 2020-09-14 20:38:07, you wrote to me:

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.
    Binkd + FMail + Golded ... ;)

    Interesting. I've heard of Golded, but not Gmail.

    FMail (with an 'F') is just a tosser:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/

    (With a long history)

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Charles Pierson@2:240/1120.976 to Wilfred van Velzen on Tue Sep 15 09:33:30 2020
    Hello, Wilfred van Velzen.
    On 9/15/20 12:15 PM you wrote:

    Interesting. I've heard of Golded, but not Gmail.
    FMail (with an 'F') is just a tosser:

    My stupid Android and autocorrect struck again.



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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1.1 to Charles Pierson on Tue Sep 15 18:59:44 2020
    Hi Charles.

    14 Sep 20 08:39:50, you wrote to All:

    What is your favorite Point software?

    BinkD/HPT/GoldED.

    OS doesn't matter.

    Runs on Windows, OS/2 and linux. ;)

    'Tommi

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    * Origin: Point One, Somewhere (2:221/1.1)
  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed Sep 16 09:03:00 2020
    Hello Wilfred!

    *** Tuesday 15.09.20 at 12:15, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Charles Pierson:

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.
    Binkd + FMail + Golded ... ;)

    Interesting. I've heard of Golded, but not Gmail.

    FMail (with an 'F') is just a tosser:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/

    I've grabbed a copy of the Win32 version but I don't see a Linux version.
    Am I correct in assuming that I would need to grab the source and compile
    my own Linux version?

    (With a long history)

    Yes, a VERY long history ;-))

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Martin Foster on Wed Sep 16 11:26:55 2020
    Hi Martin,

    On 2020-09-16 09:03:00, you wrote to me:

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.
    Binkd + FMail + Golded ... ;)

    Interesting. I've heard of Golded, but not Gmail.

    FMail (with an 'F') is just a tosser:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/

    I've grabbed a copy of the Win32 version but I don't see a Linux version. Am I correct in assuming that I would need to grab the source and compile my own Linux version?

    Yes, and then you still need a windows pc/vm for the configuration program, because that isn't converted to linux yet...

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/6 to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed Sep 16 15:08:58 2020
    On 16.9.2020 11.26, Wilfred van Velzen wrote:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/

    I've grabbed a copy of the Win32 version but I don't see a Linux
    version.
    Am I correct in assuming that I would need to grab the source and
    compile
    my own Linux version?

    Yes, and then you still need a windows pc/vm for the configuration program,
    because that isn't converted to linux yet...

    BTW. Have you thought about pure text configuration, as option? Maybe a converter that reads a text conf to fmail binary conf..

    'Tommi

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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed Sep 16 22:27:11 2020
    Hi! Wilfred,

    On 16 Sep 20 15:08, Tommi Koivula wrote to you:

    Am I correct in assuming that I would need to grab the source
    and compile my own Linux version?

    Yes, and then you still need a windows pc/vm for the configuration
    program, because that isn't converted to linux yet...

    BTW. Have you thought about pure text configuration, as option? Maybe
    a converter that reads a text conf to fmail binary conf..

    Good one, Tommi!

    I was re-thinking a couple-to-three weeks ago that using a CrashMail ][ config file layout might be a paticularly groovy method. When you considr that just about any good tosser would prompt for the same/similar information to grind that data into binary data files.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

    ... Using yesterday's software to create tomorrow's problems today...
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  • From Mauro Veiga@4:801/194.1 to Charles Pierson on Wed Sep 16 10:04:00 2020
    Ola Charles!

    ** 14.09.20 - 08:39, Charles Pierson wrote to All:

    Hello, All.

    What is your favorite Point software? OS doesn't matter.

    Depends by time, place and feeling moment.
    On the cell phone, HotDogEd.
    On the PC OpenXP for being practical and very well done. Or INDIGO/DOS
    0.01 + BlueWave/DOS when I want something more DOS and command line
    feeling. :-)

    []'s
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    ---------------- telnet://abutre.no-ip.org:2323 ----------- * ------
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    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
    * Origin: Point da Coruja - Brasil * (4:801/194.1)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Tommi Koivula on Wed Sep 16 19:16:51 2020
    Hi Tommi,

    On 2020-09-16 15:08:58, you wrote to me:

    Yes, and then you still need a windows pc/vm for the configuration
    program, because that isn't converted to linux yet...

    BTW. Have you thought about pure text configuration, as option? Maybe a converter that reads a text conf to fmail binary conf..

    I've thought about it. Even created a python script that converts the fmail.ar file from and to a .json file.

    https://sourceforge.net/p/fmail/code/ci/linux/tree/tools/

    But the resulting .json file is very complex, so a mistake is easy to make. The python script currently has no error checking, and it would need a lot of that to be used in a practical manner...

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)