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Professional Point System
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Copyright (c) 1994 Harvey Parisien
Box 323 Station A, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA K7M 6R2
FidoNet 1:249/114
U S E R S M A N U A L
C O N T E N T S
i) Point Nodes and Boss nodes, an Overview
ii) PPoint - Design Objectives, and Overview
iii) Installation
iv) Misc Notes
v) Distribution and Registration
vi) Error Codes
vii) USERS GUIDE (Typical Session)
viii) Reference Guide
From the author of ...
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ DB = Generic dBASE III+ Manager / Contact Mgr., PIM │
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│ DBQ = Message based Query system for dBASE III files │
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│ RAD = dBASE III file compatible, BBS or REMOTE online │
│ Database │
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│ HLIST = HLIST File List Compiler for files.bbs systems │
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│ OMENU = oMENU the Ultimate disk Menu System │
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│ HARVEY = Harvey the Robot message mailer *.PKT format │
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│ OFFLINE = The easy to use, QWK offline reader. │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Page 1
PPoint - Professional Point System
P o i n t N o d e s & B o s s N o d e s
AN OVERVIEW
A Point is a network node, a computer system which is setup
with the necessary software to connect to another network
node, and transfer email and/or files.
The network structure PPoint is designed for is FidoNet. This
is an extremely efficient structure developed by hobbyists
throughout the world. FidoNet has been around since the
beginning of the PC, and there are currently 50000 plus nodes
around the world (not including Point nodes).
A FidoNet node is a node that is online 24 hours a day, and
connected with other nodes in the same manner. This Fidonet
node is registered in an international node list as being a
Continuous Mailer or CM (accessible any time). Without
getting into the details, a typical FidoNet node is connected
to an official Network node, which is connected to a regional
node, which is connected to a Zone node. There are several
Zones that represent geographical areas of the planet.
A Point node is a node which is connected to a FidoNet node as
described above. This Point get's it's mail from that node
which is called a Boss node, or a Host node. The Point also
sends it's mail to the Host for insertion into the network.
The Point therefore does not have to be online or accessible
continuously, instead it is only network active when the Point
user connects to the host to transfer (send/receive) email.
Then all mail management is done off-line at the Point users
convenience.
Point nodes are not in the international node list which is an
integral part of the FidoNet structure. They are authorized,
created, serviced, and the responsibility of the Host which is
an official FidoNet node. All activity from the Point node is
managed by the Host, so in fact the Point is like an extension
or branch of that node. The Point's address becomes the
Host's address, with an extension of .x where x is the Point
number. A typical address is (my address) 1:249/114 which is
Zone 1, Network 249, and node 114. One of my points have the
and address of 1:249/114.7 which is my point number 7.
Page 2
PPoint - Professional Point System
P P o i n t
DESIGN OBJECTIVES
The main objective behind the development of PPoint was to
create a system that was easy to setup, easy to use, and easy
to maintain. The user interface has been designed to offer
intuitive navigation thought the various functions and
controls. There are certain forced paths, and certain
suggested paths, all intended to make email management
enjoyable, efficient and effortless. The hardware required is
minimal. Any PC with 512k memory and 1.2m of disk space. The
file structure for the email database is an advanced database
structure where each message area has 2 files containing all
the related information (some older systems created endless
individual files for each message taking 512 to 2048 bytes of
storage space for each message).
OVERVIEW
PPoint is a professional network EMAIL management system. It
is self installing, FidoNet compatible, and is complete in
terms of it's functionality, and automatically installs a few
other complex systems it transparently integrates with.
PPoint accomplishes all of the tasks required to create,
process, and transfer email and files all without the user
having to be a computer expert.
A Point system is usually a complex assortment of various
processors and utilities, driven by a sophisticated batch file
which takes an experienced person to setup. Most of the
associated utilities and processors are only used to 30% of
their respective capacities, whose design were intended for
much more complex data processing.
Transferring email requires the ability to manage data
locally, and transfer it to/from the Host. PPoint handles
everything except the mail packet transfer itself. To
transfer data from PPoint, we suggest you use the BinkleyTerm
mailer system. PPoint operates Binkley quite trasnparently
to the user.