Subj : Re: QWK Networking via El
To   : Mike Powell
From : Shurato
Date : Sun Feb 25 2024 15:39:00

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

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

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

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

Yep, IREX downloads fine, but it was corrupting on uploads, even with binary
mode enabled.  I'm not sure what was wrong, I posted to the IREX fido echo.

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