Subj : Re: New offline QWK mail
To   : Boraxman
From : Rixter
Date : Thu Apr 09 2026 14:28:18

  Re: Re: New offline QWK mail
  By: Boraxman to Rixter on Tue Apr 07 2026 22:42:10

 >   Re: Re: New offline QWK mail
 >   By: Rixter to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Apr 06 2026 06:57 am
 > 
 >  > I can imagine an offline mail reader would be good for travel. If you HAV >  > see the messages. Sometimes you cannot always be connected. What QWK prog >  > you use? We had starlink here for about a year at 120.00 a month. It was  >  > The spectrum cable ran a line out to the sticks here 5 years ago and 1gb
 >  > service for 99.99 a month. I am very happy with it so far.  We are in the >  > mountains and whenever weather tanked so  did the starlink and we had to  >  > mobiles mobile hotspot for back up and at best it was 10mbsp down and 1.8 >  > best. Maybe it was mbps :) better than nothing. I think T-mobile was the  >  > one we used ever. The cable RARELY gives us issue and we just added a hot >  > plan to our verizon phone account now for just in cases. I can see the QW >  > coming in handy for quick message grabs and sends during bad weather even >  > travel.
 >  > Rixter
 > 
 > Yes, but zmodem is a bit flaky over TCP sometimes.
 > 
 > One protocol which is good for asynchronous transfer and "sometimes on"
 > connecctions is NNCP.  It is based on UUCP, Unix-Unix copy, but incorporates > encryption and can be mixed with over-the-wire transfers and physical transf > f media.
 > 
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Thank you Boraxman. I will consider this information. Have a great day.

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