Subj : qwk and/or points
To   : August Abolins
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue Apr 09 2019 12:35 pm


 On 2019 Apr 08 19:35:00, you wrote to Tony Langdon:

 TL>> These days (under Linux) it's even easier:

 TL>> wget ftp://username:password@my.bbs.com/BBSID.qwk

 AA> That's beautiful.  I was not aware of this.  But unlike going manually
 AA> to the BBS, where the qwk file is created dynamically on the spot,
 AA> with wget you only get the qwk that has been pre-packed by the server
 AA> ahead of time?

not on systems specifically written to handle the above... synchronet generates 

the new QWK for your user because the FTP script code specifically does that...

 TL>> I would like to be able to have a decent mail session on a smartphone
 TL>> as well, but with a suitable mobile aware GUI interface, rather than
 TL>> trying to fit fixed text mode onto a tiny screen.

 AA> I assume you've tried the Aftershock and Hotdoged offerings, and they
 AA> don't quite fit the bill.

they're still individual installations and don't share their data with other 
devices...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it 
wrong...
.... Dang, I hate being derivative.
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