Subj : Are QWK packets still the
To   : Nick Boel
From : Cem Uzunoglu
Date : Fri Dec 26 2025 12:25 pm

-=> Nick Boel wrote to Cem Uzunoglu <=-

 NB> Hey Cem!

 NB> Using the above address, it looks like they have their Synchronet FTP
 NB> server open to the public, which is a good thing for QWK users:

 NB> $ ftp bbs.4d2.org
 NB> Connected to bbs.4d2.org.
 NB> 220-4d2 dot org (bbs.4d2.org)
 NB>  Synchronet FTP Server 3.20a-Linux Ready
 NB> 220 Please enter your user name.
 NB> Name (bbs.4d2.org:):

 NB> Login with your username/password, and the QWK packet will be sitting
 NB> in the main directory waiting for you to download (get BBSID.qwk).
 NB> Then, when you have a reply packet, you can use 'put BBSID.rep' the
 NB> same way. You can write a couple bash scripts to automate the process,
 NB> if you wish.. but this will skip the steps needed to go through an
 NB> entire login process to a BBS in order to download/upload your offline
 NB> mail packets.

Wow! That's great! Thank you. I'll go write a script.

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