Subj : Re: Rise and fall of BBSe
To   : MWEEBY
From : Pbmountaincat
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 09:14 pm


MW>Well I was always fortunate both wit Wwiv and Fidonet because my hub was
MW>local to me but now and then if a particular board had a particular file,
MW>I'd call, get the file, and bitch about the bill later.
MW>I did feel bad for the folks who had to go LD every night just to reach
MW>their hub, especially if they had to bring in a lot of traffic.

It would be neat if FidoNet had a qwk way like dovenet does, get them
via ftp without needing a front door.  I ran frontdoor on dos for
Spitfire but not sure how it works out with Windows.

Something else to search on.

Have a good day.

Philip

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