Subj : [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: dev:chopping_block
To   : Digital Man
From : Keyop
Date : Sat Sep 14 2024 04:49 am

 Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: dev:chopping_block
 By: Digital Man to Keyop on Fri Sep 13 2024 20:13:09

> Allows a sysop to have their system preemptively create QWK packets for specific users (e.g. QWKnet nodes), nightly.
>
> Once upon a time, creating a QWK packet took a measurable amount of time (exporting the messages to QWK format, zipping the messages into a .QWK file), and QWKnet nodes might want to save those long-distance
> phone charges and have their packet already created and waiting for them when they made their once-a-day phone-modem call to their QWKnet hub to upload their replies (from the day before) and download their
> new
> messages in a QWK packet. I doubt anybody needs this optimization any more.

I have one dial up user that still uses a QWK offline reader.  Hopefully they won't be impacted by this change ... ?

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