Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : boraxman
From : Vk3jed
Date : Mon Aug 29 2022 16:48:00

-=> On 08-28-22 21:12, boraxman wrote to Warpslide <=-

 bo> Agree about the mobile part.  I would be tempted to do something
 bo> myself, but mobile programming is not my specialty.  I've never done
 bo> it.  Really, you need a QWK reader, kind of like MultiMail for mobile,
 bo> and a way to download the packet without having to go through
 bo> telnet/SSH.

For Synchronet and Mystic BBSs (others?), you could use FTP to transfer
messages.  Other BBSs would require some sort of "expect" type scripting engine
to communicate with the BBS to initiate Zmodem downloads and uploads over a
telnet/SSH session.

 bo> Personally, if you ask me, the difficulty accessing this by mobile is
 bo> to me a weakness of the mobile platform rather than the BBS system (ie,
 bo> mobiles just aren't suitable for this kind of thing).

It's more a lack of suitable mobile clients.  There are a couple of Android
"point" systems, but I feel using FTN based points is the wrong technology base
for a mobile user.  QWK/Bluewave is a more appropriate technology (among the
existing ones) to me.

Of course, you could use a web based interface, but I would like something
that's not running interactively over the network - I do venture into areas
without reliable mobile coverage, where grabbing a QWK packet while passing a
cell tower is practical, staying on and reading mail continuously over the
network is not.


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