Subj : Re: qwk and/or points
To : August Abolins
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Tue Apr 09 2019 10:09 am
-=> On 04-08-19 19:35, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
AA> That's beautiful. I was not aware of this. But unlike going manually
AA> to the BBS, where the qwk file is created dynamically on the spot, with
AA> wget you only get the qwk that has been pre-packed by the server ahead
AA> of time?
No, it's actually built on the spot. The act of initiating a download of that
filename will cause the packet to be built, before it's sent via FTP.
AA> Your Multimail is multi-platform, no? So, you *could* have full
AA> installations on each of your devices, and use QWK with the
AA> thumbdrive(?)
You did say "point" not "QWK" - different beast. :)
AA> I assume you've tried the Aftershock and Hotdoged offerings, and they
AA> don't quite fit the bill.
How many times do I have to say a POINT DOES NOT FIT!!! (mentioned that at
least half a dozen times in the past week alone ;) ). Because it's an
independent system, and is not synchronised with the BBS. QWK, OTOH uses the
same last read pointers and area subscriptions, regardless of what device you
read the packets on, since they're stored on the BBS.
... On a clear disk you can seek forever.
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