Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To : Digital Man
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Nov 08 2025 08:14 am
-=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-
DM> Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
DM> By: Gamgee to Accession on Fri Nov 07 2025 09:15 pm
> Yes, understood. The "put" direction makes good sense to me. I have a
> question about the "get" side though - What causes the BBS to know to
> pack up all the new messages into a QWK packet though? Does just the
> act of requesting <BBSID>.qwk cause that to happen?
DM> Yes, correct.
> I was thinking I'd
> have to somehow "tell" the BBS to create the new QWK packet, and *then*
> grab it with wget/ftp.
DM> No, it happens on demand. The *.qwk file that appears in the FTP
DM> directory listing is just a virtual file. A "get" (RETR) of the file
DM> actually signals the sbbs event thread to create the packet, on demand,
DM> so there is a bit of delay before the file transfer actually starts
DM> (which is fine).
Perfect. Thank you for that explanation, Digital Man!
