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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to all on Sun Mar 17 16:43:49 2019
    Hello all,

    When reading a message, and click on a name in the HEADER that has an "address" next to it, the nodelist browser pops up and provides details of the correspending entry. Very nice. But there are two right-click options:

    In das adressbuch aufnehman
    In mailboxen aufnehman

    The 2nd one places the name + zon:net/node number in my list of contacts. Very handy.

    But what does "mailboxen aufnehman" (mailbox pickup) actually do?

    I select it, but I don't get any indication of what just happened.



    ../|ug

    --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
    * Origin: Reluctantly Revisiting Fidonet (2:221/1.58)
  • From Martin Foster@2:250/1.1 to August Abolins on Mon Mar 18 12:09:04 2019
    Hello August!

    17.03.19 16:43:49, August Abolins wrote to all:

    When reading a message, and click on a name in the HEADER that has an "address" next to it, the nodelist browser pops up and provides details
    of the correspending entry. Very nice. But there are two right-click options:

    In das adressbuch aufnehman

    Add to address book

    In mailboxen aufnehman

    Add to mailboxes

    The 2nd one places the name + zon:net/node number in my list of contacts. Very handy.

    Errrrrrrm, it's the first one that does that :-))

    But what does "mailboxen aufnehman" (mailbox pickup) actually do?

    Adds the selected system to your mailboxes.

    I select it, but I don't get any indication of what just happened.

    You're not looking in the right places :-)

    Look in "Extras/Uplinks" and you should see a new entry in the "Systems" pane. Click the "Properties" button for the new entry and WinPoint should have filled in most of the details for you. However, it doesn't get them all correct but it's a simple matter of editing them manually.

    I'd never seen this feature before you mentioned it but, at first sight, I wondered what possible use could that be. Well, it actually answers a question I've been asking myself for a very long time - "How do I poll a Node other than my BossNode?" - and the answer to that is revealed when I click on the Down-Arrow to the right of the "Poll" button. In other words, not only does WinPoint add a new "Mailbox", it also adds the new "Mailbox" to the list of systems to poll.

    Wow, this thing just gets better and better :-))

    Many thanks for finding and reporting this.

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Martin Foster on Mon Mar 18 19:01:47 2019
    Hello Martin,


    In das adressbuch aufnehman
    In mailboxen aufnehman

    The 2nd one places the name + zon:net/node number in my list of
    contacts. Very handy.

    Errrrrrrm, it's the first one that does that :-))


    SORRY.. I *did* mean to type "1st" one. When I am constructing a message, I often rearrange my sentences and paragraphs. And, in this case, after I moved things around I forgot to check if anything else needed a correction.

    I'm just not used to the mono-spacing that Winpoint insists upon in the editor window. Everything is just too W-I-D-E and spread out. I am still experimenting with different fonts that might look better.


    But what does "mailboxen aufnehman" (mailbox pickup) actually do?
    Adds the selected system to your mailboxes.
    Add to mailboxes

    ..But what *is* that? What "pickup"? Is it the POLL list? I know what the Contacts are.


    Look in "Extras/Uplinks" and you should see a new entry in the "Systems" pane. Click the "Properties" button..

    Ah.. eureka. I wondered why that was adding new uplinks! So, that's it.


    I'd never seen this feature before you mentioned it but..
    Wow, this thing just gets better and better :-))

    Yes.. this provides access to multiple "other-nets" Perhaps the German for the term "mailboxes" has different understanding. For me, a mailbox is something for RECEIVING mail, not POLLing (as in going out).


    Many thanks for finding and reporting this. Regards, Martin

    Well.. it was a fluke, kind of.


    ../|ug

    --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
    * Origin: Reluctantly Revisiting Fidonet (2:221/1.58)
  • From Martin Foster@2:250/1.1 to August Abolins on Tue Mar 19 10:52:27 2019
    Hello August!

    18.03.19 19:01:47, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

    [snip]
    I'm just not used to the mono-spacing that Winpoint insists upon in the editor window. Everything is just too W-I-D-E and spread out. I am
    still experimenting with different fonts that might look better.

    I'm using Courier New, Regular, 11 in the reader and editor.

    But what does "mailboxen aufnehman" (mailbox pickup) actually do?
    Adds the selected system to your mailboxes. Add to mailboxes

    ..But what *is* that? What "pickup"? Is it the POLL list? I know what the Contacts are.

    I think we've already covered that :)

    Look in "Extras/Uplinks" and you should see a new entry in the "Systems"
    pane. Click the "Properties" button..

    Ah.. eureka. I wondered why that was adding new uplinks! So, that's it.

    Yep.

    I'd never seen this feature before you mentioned it but.. Wow, this
    thing just gets better and better :-))

    Yes.. this provides access to multiple "other-nets" Perhaps the German for the term "mailboxes" has different understanding. For me, a mailbox is something for RECEIVING mail, not POLLing (as in going out).

    Perhaps one of our native German speaking readers could clarify the meaning of "mailboxen" ;-))

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)
  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Martin Foster on Tue Mar 19 14:39:10 2019
    Hi Martin!

    19 Mar 2019 10:52, from Martin Foster -> August Abolins:

    Perhaps one of our native German speaking readers could clarify the meaning of "mailboxen" ;-))

    BBSes (plural)

    CU, Ricsi

    ... Every company has a test system. Some also have a production system.
    --- GoldED+/LNX
    * Origin: Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? -K. Sirra (2:310/31)
  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to Richard Menedetter on Tue Mar 19 14:17:00 2019
    Hello Richard!

    On 19.03.19 at 14:39, Richard Menedetter wrote to Martin Foster:

    19 Mar 2019 10:52, from Martin Foster -> August Abolins:

    Perhaps one of our native German speaking readers could clarify the
    meaning of "mailboxen" ;-))

    BBSes (plural)

    Thanks very much for that :)

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- OpenXP 5.0.36
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Martin Foster on Tue Mar 19 22:38:27 2019
    Hello Martin,

    I'm using Courier New, Regular, 11 in the reader and editor.

    I just switched to Courier New. That seems to be much better, thanks! The other fancy fonts tried to behave like proportional spacing, but Winpoint was keeping the letters spread appart quite a bit.



    ../|ug

    --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
    * Origin: Am I Pointing In The Right Direction? (2:221/1.58)