Subj : NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To   : Gamgee
From : Accession
Date : Fri Nov 07 2025 17:36:12

Hey Gamgee!

On Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:09:38 -0600, you wrote:

 > I am now seeing the value of this method...

 > Would you mind sharing the scripts?  (don't need the MultiMail one).

Sure thing. As long as your on a personal computer, and don't share it with others:

getpkt:

#!/bin/bash

cd /home/user/mmail/down
wget --ftp-user=<username> --ftp-password=<password> ftp://<yourBBSaddress>/<BBSID>.qwk

cd /home/user/mmail

putpkt:

#!/bin/bash

cd /home/user/mmail/up

ftp -nv <<EOF
open <yourBBSaddress>
user <username> <password>
bin
put <BBSID>.rep
quit
EOF

rm <BBSID>.rep

cd /home/user/mmail

Technically you could use the FTP method for both transfers (using 'get' instead of put), but I did the script with 'wget' first, and soon after realized 'wput' was a thing at some point, but isn't maintained anymore and isn't in my distro's repositories.

Change your paths to match your system, fill in your authentication information, make them executable, and you're off to the races!

FYI, I don't remove the QWK packet, because I can do that in Multimail once I'm done reading/replying. But I do remove the .REP packet after I send it, otherwise the next time I run that script it'll send it again, probably causing dupes. Unless there's some fancy numbering of .REP packets Multimail does that I don't yet know about (I didn't read the docs, I just figured MM out by mashing buttons, lol).

Regards,
Nick

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