Subj : FREQing
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Simon Geddes
Date : Mon Jan 20 2020 13:20:06

  Re: FREQing
  By: Alan Ianson to Simon Geddes on Sun Jan 19 2020 01:53 pm

 > Back in the dial-up days file requesting was easy to setup in mailers like 
BinkleyTerm
 > and FrontDoor, and also other mailer available at the time.

I have something called TrapDoor for the Amiga. Have only scanned the 
instructions, but I see it allows you to set yourself up as a Point, or to use 
it to handle the fido traffic to a BBS. This might be the thing I need then.

 > If you read the FIDO-REQ, ALLFIX_FILE, or FDN_ANNOUNCE areas, nodes posting 
those new
 > files likely do support file requests and magic names. Try freqing FILES 
from one of
 > those BBSs and probably you will get an all files list. :)

Brilliant, will give that a go. Exciting indeed! :)
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