Subj : Offline Mail Reader
To : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : THURSTON ACKERMAN
Date : Sat Sep 25 2004 06:01 pm
AA>On <Wed, 01 Sep 04, 20:05 o'clock>, in a message to Rob Swindell you wrote:
AA> JW> I actually stumbled across this OLR called SemPoint. I've never
AA> JW> heard of it, but man is it neat. Rather than just doing the old "get a
AA> JW> packet, read a packet, save reply packet" deal, it builds a
AA> JW> message base on my computer. Every packet I download
AA> JW> gets added to the existing messages, so that I can
AA> JW> reference old messages right in the program. It's got a ton of
AA> JW> options that I like, handles BW/QWK and some other types. All in all
AA> JW> pretty neat.
AA>I was going to recommend SemPoint. I'm glad you were able to discover it.
AA>have used it since 1992 (I think). As you discovered, it handles QWK packet
AA>messages like a database. You never have to worry about managing individual
AA>packets. I use it in "Fidonet" mode by fetching actual fido-type packets fr
AA>a fido "feed".
AA>I had a little trouble setting it up on an XP machine for a relative, but it
AA>works just fine and reliably on my WinME machine. What Windows version are
AA>you using it with? It should have no trouble in Win98/SE
AA> JW> Of course, everything looks neat in the beginning, we'll see how it
AA> JW> turns out :)
AA>It's loaded with features that I have not fully explored yet! But if you ha
AA>any questions, maybe I can help.
Where might one acquire a copy of SempPoint please?
Ciao, Ack.
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