Subj : Re: Test
To   : Floris van Unen
From : digimaus
Date : Fri Jan 10 2025 14:51:39

-=> Floris van Unen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 FvU> Is there any docs or specs on FTP for FTN?

Not that I know of.  Some systems use "busy locks" (like Windows) with FTP,
but that's it.

For my system under Slackware Linux, I create a special user for the node
using FTP that has no login capability.  I set them up to have an inbound
and outbound directory.  MBSE will put their new mail in the outbound
directory and receive their mail using an inbound directory.

If you're interested, the MBSE manual discusses this:

http://bbs.outpostbbs.net/mbseman/setup/nodes.html

Look under "8. Directory session".  It shows how to set the node's internal
set up using proftpd.

I actually prefer using FTP for mail.  I used it for a good while when I was
a Fidonet point in 1996.  My friend that I got my point from got rid of his
POTS line and wrote a REXX script to handle moving mail via FTP as I was
using OS/2 Warp 4 at the time.  I bought Internet Rex two years later.  The
FTP script was always reliable for me.

Don't get me wrong: BinkP works fine.  I just have fond memories of using
FTP back in my halcyon days in being a sysop.

-- Sean

.... Sevareid's Law: the chief cause of problems is solutions.
--- MultiMail/Linux
 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1)

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