Subj : Re: qwk and/or points
To   : August Abolins
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Mon Apr 08 2019 12:16 pm

-=> On 04-08-19 00:46, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

AA> Yes.. I used QWK method for quite a while (at first) too.  It was a
AA> wonderful solution.  Later, I added a Robocaller (I forget the official
AA> name) that would walk through the BBS's menus automatically with the
AA> hotkeys.  If a sysop didn't change a particular menu order or the key,
AA> it worked great!

These days (under Linux) it's even easier:

wget ftp://username:[email protected]/BBSID.qwk

Assuming your BBS runs Synchronet, Mystic or another package that supports QWK
over FTP.

AA> Back to your current situation, why not carry a point/qwk setup on a
AA> thumbdrive or memory card and plug that in to the different PCs you
AA> use?

It would have to be platform independent, I also run different OSs.  On Windows
now, netbook runs Linux (Lubuntu)

AA> Not sure how that would work on a smartphone device, but it probably
AA> doesn't matter since you would only use that for a quick check, and not
AA> to write back. ?

I would like to be able to have a decent mail session on a smartphone as well,
but with a suitable mobile aware GUI interface, rather than trying to fit fixed
text mode onto a tiny screen.


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