Subj : Re: fido in sync with multiple devices
To : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Jan 13 2021 02:57 pm
On 13 Jan 2021, August Abolins said the following...
AA> > .. But there's already options that work well for those who used
AA> > desktop or laptop PCs as their primary or even only messaging device
AA> > - Can anyone say "point system? For me, that's a no brainer :) ).
AA> > But nothing really well suited to people who have multiple devices,
AA> > some PCs, some mobile.
AA>
AA> The closest thing that works for me is using the nntp approach. I can
AA> work with
AA> messages at either my desktop or laptop. Most of the time those machines
AA> are never in the same location.
What's the difference between nntp and a point set up or telnet/qwk?
Any one of those can be used from multiple devices in multiple locations.
So what draws you to one over the others?
AA> But the method lacks the ability to:
AA>
AA> [1] save a reply-in-progress at one device, and resume with it at
AA> another device before actually sending it off.
AA>
AA> [2] mark/tag messages for reply at one device, and see the same mark/tag
AA> at another device.
AA>
AA> Is that the ability you wanted?
Other than using an OLMR with the packets on a portable storage device of
some sort, or saving a draft on a BBS whike ysing Telnet, I don't think any
option lets yoy do those.
