Subj : Re: QWK Networking via El
To   : GAMGEE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Feb 25 2024 10:14:00

>  Ga> Even easier would be to just use uncompressed packets (have to
>  Ga> configure that on each end).  No real need to compress things with
>  Ga> modern technology and speeds.

>  AL> That's true for FTN networking.  However, every QWK networking
>  AL> solution I've ever seen expects the files to be ZIPped into the
>  AL> .QWK packet.

> Ahhhh, yes indeed.  Somehow I missed/forgot that he was talking about
> QWK instead of FTN... Thanks.

In theory, you can tell ZIP to ZIP files up without compressing them.  As
it turned out, it was not the compression method but something odd that
Internet REX was doing.  When he uploads the packets using filezilla or
curl they seem to work.

Mike


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