Subj : Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
To   : Gamgee
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Nov 04 2025 21:14:37

  Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi
  By: Gamgee to Mindsurfer on Tue Nov 04 2025 08:09 pm

 Mi>> Thats the other option. But you always have to login to download or uploa
 Mi>> the qwk file. There is no option for the qwk up/download to be directly
 Mi>> managed between the QWK reader and the BBS account?

 > Correct, there is no option for that.


You can FTP to the BBS and download a magic name "BBS.QWK" to download your new messages, and upload BBS.REP to upload your packet (change BBS to the name your BBS gives to QWK packets).

It's pretty handy here, I don't know if a lot of sysops open FTP on their firewalls though.

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