Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To   : Mindsurfer
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Nov 05 2025 17:58:22

  Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
  By: Mindsurfer to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Nov 05 2025 08:10 pm

 >  PF> I use the built-in command-line FTP client in windows, it takes a
 >  PF> script file.
 >
 > ah, ok. so thats less critical then if you just use insecure ftp locally.
 > So in your case it is a sysops solution only.

If you classify ftp is insecure, then use ftps instead (yes, Synchronet supports it). But really, no one in the path between the client and your BBS cares what your user password is or the contents of the QWK packets you're transferring, so secure-auth and data privacy is over-kill, but it's there to use if you want it.
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