Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To   : Gamgee
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Nov 07 2025 19:57:30

  Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
  By: Gamgee to Accession on Fri Nov 07 2025 09:15 pm

 > Yes, understood.  The "put" direction makes good sense to me.  I have a
 > question about the "get" side though - What causes the BBS to know to
 > pack up all the new messages into a QWK packet though?  Does just the
 > act of requesting <BBSID>.qwk cause that to happen?

Yes, correct.

 > I was thinking I'd
 > have to somehow "tell" the BBS to create the new QWK packet, and *then*
 > grab it with wget/ftp.

No, it happens on demand. The *.qwk file that appears in the FTP directory listing is just a virtual file. A "get" (RETR) of the file actually signals the sbbs event thread to create the packet, on demand, so there is a bit of delay before the file transfer actually starts (which is fine).
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