Subj : Re: wanting to clear some questions
To   : Zip
From : Seth
Date : Mon Aug 01 2022 17:08:17

On 8/1/22 16:45, Zip wrote:
> Hello Seth!
> 
> On 01 Aug 2022, Seth said the following...
>   Se> 1. Is it possible to run FTN echomail with out needing a bbs or would
>   Se> nntp be better for this?
> 
> It is possible -- you need a mailer (e.g. binkd), a tosser (e.g. hpt), message base files (e.g. JAM) and some kind of editor (e.g. GoldEd+). You could view the BBS simply as a means of access.
> 
> If the network actually is an FTN network, it would have FTN technologies somewhere (i.e., it would not just consist of NNTP servers). So I would like to think of NNTP as a means of access rather than actually "being" the network.
> 
>   Se> 2. I noticed that on the fido.othernet there was a message about being a
>   Se> node on a net and it offers feeds over ftp could someone elaborate. on
>   Se> this a little bit more. I understand it for file bases but not in terms
>   Se> of message bases.
> 
> There are QWK networks. Just like when using QWK functions (downloading QWK "packets" and uploading REP packets with replies) from within a BBS, a QWK network uses the same packet formats but transfers the files using FTP instead of a "conventional" file transfer protocol such as Zmodem. So it's like an "automated" flow of those files between nodes of the QWK network. Or rather, between the member nodes and a central hub, acting as the "primary" node that actually "is" the core of the QWK network.
> 
> Best regards
> Zip
> 
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Thanks will do some playing around. I want to network both my local pc 
at my house and my linode.
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