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  • FidoMail Mobile 0.1.12+94 - a node on your phone, Geek Code, gallery

    From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Michiel van der Vlist on Mon Sep 28 17:40:06 2026
    Hey Michiel!

    On Mon, Sep 28 2026 21:38:40 +0200, you wrote:

    Anyway, my POV is that in the age of FOIP, we should no longer have PVT nodes. Systems that can or will not accept incoming calls should be points.

    Thanks for your point of view (pun intended). I suppose it kind of gave me perspective, but.. it still seems they're basically the same thing with small differences. The "status" part is definitely an actual difference, though.

    In my case, I run a full functioning hub that does all the FTN related stuff separate of my BBS. Then, I have my BBS which is a PVT node that runs on the same server. I never wanted two mailers running on the same machine, so I set it up to poll my hub for mail. It's easily reachable via just about any other method besides an FTN mailer.

    I suppose I could change it to be a point, but why?

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
    --- AmberEdit/linux 0.9.0
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555.6 to Dmitry Protasoff on Tue Sep 29 08:19:38 2026
    Hello, Dmitry!

    Dmitry Protasoff wrote:

    - On Android and iOS, the attach menu has "Choose from gallery...".

    In the Dutch version: I suggest to replace "Kiezen uit galerij" by "Fotobibliotheek".

    That is the term used bij iOS in other mail apps.

    Cheers, Michiel

    --- FidoMailMobile/0.1.12+94 (iOS)
    * Origin: Michiel's iPhone (2:280/5555.6)
  • From Dmitry Protasoff@2:5001/100 to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue Sep 29 13:59:31 2026
    Hello Michiel!

    In a message of 29 Sep 26 08:19, Michiel wrote to Dmitry:

    MvdV> In the Dutch version: I suggest to replace "Kiezen uit galerij"
    MvdV> by "Fotobibliotheek".

    Noted!

    See you,
    dp.
    --- FidoMail v0.1.4-169-g4ad55619
    * Origin: livin' on the edge (2:5001/100)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Nick Boel on Sun Oct 4 12:03:11 2026
    Hello Nick,

    On 28 Sep 26 17:40, you wrote to me:

    Anyway, my POV is that in the age of FOIP, we should no longer
    have PVT nodes. Systems that can or will not accept incoming
    calls should be points.

    Sorry for the late response. Real life got in the way...

    Thanks for your point of view (pun intended). I suppose it kind of
    gave me perspective, but.. it still seems they're basically the same
    thing with small differences. The "status" part is definitely an
    actual difference, though.

    Noted.

    In my case, I run a full functioning hub that does all the FTN related stuff separate of my BBS. Then, I have my BBS which is a PVT node that runs on the same server. I never wanted two mailers running on the
    same machine, so I set it up to poll my hub for mail. It's easily reachable via just about any other method besides an FTN mailer.

    I suppose I could change it to be a point, but why?

    I can't help you with that question because I do not understand your setup. You say you have a full functioning hub. I guess you refer to 1:154/10. But there is no hub keyword there. So what is it hubbing for?

    In the old DOS/POTS age (single uer/single task) I could imagine the need for running the mail system and the BBS as different systems. But in the age of multi-user multi-tasking there in no longer such a need. The BBS can run in parallel with the mailer on the same system and the sysop can edit his own messages while the BBS and the mailer keep running.

    So why the need/want for 154/700 in the first place? Why a sperate node number for the BBS? And if so why Pvt? A BBS that is not publically reachable, what is the idea behind that? I don't get it.

    If you want to let it rest, that's fine with me. It is getting a bit off-topic anyway...


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 2.0.0-b20260917
    * Origin: Nieuw Schoord (2:280/5555)