Subj : hello from Veleno/Italy
To : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Thu Oct 08 2020 08:10 pm
Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/8/20 8:20 PM you wrote:
CP>> Probably because like me, he finds it easier to get a point
CP>> outside of Z1 than in.
AA> I just posted a brief "how I got here" story.
I did read it. But I also have a tendency to give lowkey sarcastic replies.
AA> But I guess a part of what you said could be true. If I had
AA> landed on a JamNNTP provider in Zone 1 the first time, then
AA> *maybe* I would have ended up with a point in my own domestic
AA> zone.
I have no idea of what JamNNTP is.
AA> I don't see Zone 1 sysops eager to encourage point users.
Exactly. I did have a zone 1 point a few years ago. But unfortunately the device died, and typical me, I didn't have the information backed up. I don't even remember the system, except it was in Canada.
This time around, I asked 20-25 Z1 sysops, who generally gave some weak answer about they weren't allowed to. I just figured that they didn't want to. That's fine.
Z2 was more welcoming. And Z4 as well, but there are issues along the line on messages traveling.
AA> The Z2 Pointlist is an amazing project. It speaks to the openess
AA> and practicality of operating as a point when that is a better
AA> option for a user.
I would still like to eventually set up an actual BBS at some point. If only fir my own testing grounds.
But that's in the "do it later" pile.
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