Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To : Gamgee
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Nov 04 2025 09:14 pm
Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
By: Gamgee to Mindsurfer on Tue Nov 04 2025 08:09 pm
Mi>> Thats the other option. But you always have to login to download or uploa
Mi>> the qwk file. There is no option for the qwk up/download to be directly
Mi>> managed between the QWK reader and the BBS account?
> Correct, there is no option for that.
You can FTP to the BBS and download a magic name "BBS.QWK" to download your new messages, and upload BBS.REP to upload your packet (change BBS to the name your BBS gives to QWK packets).
It's pretty handy here, I don't know if a lot of sysops open FTP on their firewalls though.
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