Subj : Re: BBS client of choice for Linux
To   : Papa
From : Vk3jed
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 15:35:00

-=> On 08-17-20 18:22, Papa wrote to All <=-

 Pa> @VIA: VERT/UNDRMINE
 Pa> NetRunner? SyncTERM? Something else? What is your preferred software
 Pa> for connecting to BBSs, and why? I will usually be connecting from a
 Pa> 64-bin Linux system.

I like SyncTerm.  Works on both Windows and Linux, and I just like the way it
works from a user POV.  One big thing for me is if a file I'm downloading
already exists, SyncTerm asks me what I want to do (abort, rename the new
download or zmodem resume). This has saved me so many times when absently
mindedly downloading a QWK packet, before finishing the previous one.  In
contrast to the standard behaviour of Zmodem downloads in most terminal
software, which is to attempt to append to the existing file without asking. 
That trashes QWK packets.


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