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Hello August!

*** Thursday 18.03.21 at 21:34, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>> Not really because the whole idea of SysOp Mode is to allow
 MF>> a Node to use OpenXP as a message reader/editor AND to use
 MF>> their Node address instead of the more usual Point address.

 AA> Calling it sysop mode seems like a degrade,

ISTM more like an enhancement :)

 AA> when I would think that sysop mode would be something greater.

Such as?

 AA> So, sysop mode scales down the functionality of OpenXp to being
 AA> just a reader/editor, while providing a full node (z:nnn.fff)
 AA> identity.

I suppose it does but over the many years I used CrossPoint in SysOp Mode,  
I never perceived it as being "scaled down" and I certainly never thought  
of it as being just a reader/editor.

 AA> I was just thinking that if OpenXP can operate as a full node
 AA> locally, then why not have the ability to operate that node live
 AA> and connect with other nodes since it can do the connections and
 AA> transfers as a point.

Yeah, that would be very nice and something which I often thought about in  
the past but methinks that's not going to happen.

Regards,
Martin

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