Subj : Re: Offline mail reader gateway
To   : seeLive
From : Vk3jed
Date : Fri Oct 14 2022 11:02 am

-=> On 10-09-22 20:07, seeLive wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Ei8ther you're thinking about something different to normal offline mail, or
simply overthinking things. :)  Maybe you need to explain yourself, if the
following down't work.

I'm assuming (through your use of non standard language), that you're wanting
to use Multimail as an ordinary user to read your mail offline.  By "ordinary
user", I am including the sysop account - any account where you can download
new mail, read and compose offline, then upload a .REP packet.

 se> hmmm... I see some arcane references to using it in the mystic wiki,
 se> and that others are successfully doing it, but nothing about how...

By default, offline mail can be accessed from an offline menu, which is in
turned accessed from the messages menu.  From the offline menu, you can select
what echos to download, select other QWK packet options, as well as download
and upload mail using X/Y/Xmodem.

 se> Are you aware of any good references for a starting place? I don't know
 se> enough about the protocols to make any educated guesses yet.

Protocols?  You don't need to know anything about protocols (again, is my
assumption wrong?).

 se> I did find some references to hooking mystic .dat files directly...
 se> meaning Multimail would need to be installed on the same system as
 se> Mystic... is that how it is supposed to be done or through QWK/QWKE,
 se> Soup, Blue Wave?

Again, I'm a bit baffled about this reference.


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