Subj : Re: i've been duped ... or was i?
To   : Kai Richter
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Fri Dec 04 2020 18:53:00

-=> On 12-04-20 05:38, Kai Richter wrote to Maurice Kinal <=-

 KR> As far as i remember offline readers like QWK are an interface to a BBS
 KR> and act like online BBS users. And like online BBS users they are
 KR> operating with the main aka of the BBS.

Yeah, offline mail is accessed through an ordinary user account, not a point
system, so messages posted by offline users (like this message) appear the same
as locally online posted messages, for all intents and purposes. :)

 MK> This isn't that far off from a numbered userbase on a BBS where by
 MK> default the sysop is listed as number 1.

 KR> I can't remember how QWK uses the usernumber index. Maybe that was part
 KR> of the BBS responsibilties.

You talking about QWK mail posted by a user?  That's posted from within the
user's account, so it's the BBS's responsibility.  QWK networked messages,
OTOH, arrive from multiple users, but they're not offline mail (even though
they use the same format), they are network messages, more like FTN, except
there's no FTN address, kludges, routing information, etc.  There is some QWK
networking information though, especially on Synchronet based networks, thanks
to DM's QWK estensions.

 KR> If you're going to use point numbers then you do not have an offline
 KR> reader - it's a point software. "Offline reader" could be used even for
 KR> fully featured node systems too, just because fidonet is an offline
 KR> network. It's basics are store and forward if connected and disconnect
 KR> after packages sent.

Network wise, a point system is more like a fully fledged FTN node (with some
differences in handling SEENBYs, because those are only 2D).


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