Subj : Re: the woes and whims o
To   : August Abolins
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Wed Dec 04 2019 02:34 am

 -=> On 12-04-19  02:37,  August Abolins <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about the woes and whims o <=-

 DS> The way that I read the echos is to download a QWK packet
 DS> from Maximus. I then read that packet using BlueWave in my..

 AA> Ah!                                              ^^^^^^^^

 AA> That explains why the original subject line got cut off a bit!  LOL
 AA> Can you implement something that supports QWKE packets? 
 AA> QWKE is supposed to fix the problem of the 25-char limit in 
 AA> QWK.

I have heard that, but not sure that Bluewave supports it or not.  In
any case, I'm happy with what has worked quite well for me for a quarter
century.

 AA> Do you use the BW format packets in Bluewave or do you use 
 AA> the fall-back QWK format?

I never installed a BW door on my Maximus.

 AA> Durango is supposed to operate more like a database and 
 AA> allows you to combine the contents of previous QWK packets 
 AA> all together too.

I have apps that can combine QWK packets, but do not have any desire to
do so.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)



.... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 02:38:04, 04 Dec 2019
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

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 * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)

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