Subj : Create message bases
To   : mark lewis
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sun Mar 07 2021 02:33 pm

 Re: Create message bases
 By: mark lewis to Marceline Jones on Sun Mar 07 2021 05:57 am

>   Re: Create message bases
>   By: Marceline Jones to KAI RICHTER on Sun Mar 07 2021 18:03:00
>
>
>  MJ> My point was I can skip all the other software and just go directly
>  MJ> from QWK to a node.
>
> not really... QWK is lossy... especially with FTN messages... there is a lot
> of information lost when FTN messages are packed via QWK...
>
> it should be noted that QWK was shoehorned into FTN... it originates on a
> completely different network and has much different principles... QWK works
> for end users solely because it transfers the message body which is 99% of
> what they care about... QWK links messages by subject line which we all know
> is a fallacy and quite wrong in many cases... there are better ways to
> properly link message threads no matter what the subject lines are...

There are QWK extensions that address those shortcomings you mentioned:
https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk#headersdat
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