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Message   Martin Foster    August Abolins   point softare PROS and CONS   May 13, 2019
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Hello August!

## 12.05.19 at 19:36:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>> [CONS] No support for USB printers.

 AA> I've included this in the table (I've allowed "wireless printers" to be
 AA> part of USB), and have applied a reference to the hack solution.

Thanks.

 MF>> [PROS] Automatic nodelist/pointlist updating.

 AA> That, I have noticed.  Very nice.  Once configured, never have to bother
 AA> with separate tasks like "compiling".

Yup, very sweet.

 MF>> Real-time language switching to/from English/German.

 AA> Really? WHERE is that?

To change from English to German:
Config -> Options -> Language

To change from German to English:
Config -> Optionen -> Sprache

 MF>> Multi-Quote replying.

 AA> What is so particular about that?

Quote multiple messages in a single reply.

 AA> Is there a specific setting/config for that?

Nope, just mark a bunch of messages with the <Spacebar> and then press
<Shift+B>. However, I do not like the way OpenXP handles this, it's
somewhat messy to say the least. Try it and you'll see what I mean but 
don't forget to unmark all the marked messages after you're done. 

 MF>> Twit filter.

 AA> Albiet, limited to "fully listed" or manually added names: "fname
 AA> lname@z:nnn/nnn.p"

yup.

 MF>> Show hex dumps of messages.

 AA> WHERE is that?

Cursor over any message in any message list and press <Ctrl+H>.

 MF>> Supports collection of identical echos from multiple Boss Nodes.

 AA> I bet you really like that, to compare feeds from multiple boss nodes?

Not only that, it paid dividends when my UK Boss Node's system was down
for 3 weeks recently - it guaranteed continuity of mail :)

 MF>> Fully integrated email/news clients(POP3, SMTP, NNTP, SSL/TLS, IPv4,
 MF>> IPv6)

 AA> That is rather cool.  Therefore, OXP could be a quite nice all-in-one
 AA> kind   of solution for someone.  But personally, t-bird or similar
 AA> Windows prog   is the better tool for email and nntp, IMHO.   ;)

 AA> Practically ALL of your PROs and CONs observations are now included in
 AA> the   table:

 AA>         https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/

Thanks very much for that.

 AA> Since the list was quite long, I grouped your submissions as per
 AA> "function" and separated the new groupings a bit for better readability.

OK .....

In the bit about mbcico, can you change "protocol" to "mailer", thanks.

Regards,
Martin

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