Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Nov 05 2025 08:10 am
-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-
pF> Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
pF> 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.
pF> You can FTP to the BBS and download a magic name "BBS.QWK" to download
pF> your new messages, and upload BBS.REP to upload your packet (change BBS
pF> to the name your BBS gives to QWK packets).
Not sure how that's any easier than logging in with Syncterm and just
getting the QWK packet the normal way, and then repeating for the .REP.
Seems harder, actually.
Regardless, that isn't even what he was asking about. He wanted to know
if the QWK *READER* (such as Multimail or SLMR) would manage/handle the
getting/sending of QWK packets, and I answered him appropriately.
pF> It's pretty handy here, I don't know if a lot of sysops open FTP on
pF> their firewalls though.
