Subj : Re: FREQing
To   : Rob Swindell
From : Simon Geddes
Date : Sun Jan 26 2020 15:38:00

At 3:46 PM on 22 Jan 20, Rob Swindell said to Simon Geddes:

RS> Since you're posting from Vertrauen (my BBS), I thought I'd like you
RS> know that you can send file request (FREQ) netmail messages from
RS> Vertrauen by creating a netmail message to the file request process at
RS> the hub you choose and placing "FR:<filename>" in the subject of the
RS> message. The "FR:" means file request and the <filename> must be
RS> replaced with the filename (or magic name) you are requesting. After
RS> sending a FREQ netmail, you should later get a response from the file
RS> request processor at the node you sent the message too, possibly with
RS> your requested file attached and ready for you to download from the BBS
RS> (Vertrauen), e.g. using ZModem.

Firstly, thank you for your reply. And providing such a super BBS!

Some of the terms here I don't fully understand - so rather than asking lots
of newbie questions, this is my signal to go back to my fido docs and gen up 
a bit, before coming back to this advice and giving it a go.


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