Subj : Re: 2023 > 2024
To   : fusion
From : apam
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 07:56:00

 > On 30 Dec 2023, apam said the following...
 >  
 >  ap> Good luck with the QWK. It's a shame there's no separate software to
 >  ap> just run a hub for it.. (like HPT or something) I guess you're stuck
 >  ap> with running either synchronet or mystic - are there any others that
 >  ap> support running a QWK hub?
 > 
 > iirc QWK networking is (was before Mystic/maybe others implemented it)
 > Synchronet-specific.

Yeah.

 > i don't think it's really very complicated.. just run the same scan for
 > messages as a normal user, download the packet, import it into your BBS. i bet
 > you could write a utility to mod whatever might actually be different in a
 > generic QWK packet from any old BBS.. so everyone could be a HUB.. the import
 > part is more special..

The tricky part is distribution, everyone expects an ftp server that can dynamically create a QWK file to download on request. In my mind it would have made more sense to use HTTP, then you could just have a php script or something create the qwk packet - but I don't know the history.

Andrew


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