Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To : Gamgee
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Nov 07 2025 07:57 pm
Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
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?
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.
No, it happens on demand. The *.qwk file that appears in the FTP directory listing is just a virtual file. A "get" (RETR) of the file actually signals the sbbs event thread to create the packet, on demand, so there is a bit of delay before the file transfer actually starts (which is fine).
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digital man (rob)
Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #64:
POP3 = Post Office Protocol version 3
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