• DoveNET

    From shinobi@21:1/153 to All on Tue Feb 20 19:36:36 2018
    Hello All,

    I wonder. How does one connect to DoveNET Using Mystic?

    Is there any HUB that would let me sign up for the access?

    I saw something like QWK option. Is it the preferred way to poll for
    mail for the whole Mystic BBS?

    Thanks in advance & best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to shinobi on Wed Feb 21 07:56:00 2018
    shinobi wrote to All <=-

    Hello All,

    I wonder. How does one connect to DoveNET Using Mystic?

    There is info in the wiki and a video I think. I haven't tried, but suppose I should, for the exercise. :)

    Is there any HUB that would let me sign up for the access?

    I believe others are pulling it from the main hub, but I have DOVE on my Synchronet system, if push comes to shove.

    I saw something like QWK option. Is it the preferred way to poll for
    mail for the whole Mystic BBS?

    I prefer FTN, it has a better feature set, but some networks are only distributed via QWK. QWK is also easier to setup, all you need to do is:

    Log into the hub and create a QWK account.

    Setup the hub as a QWK feed on your system and enter the conference numbers (provided by the hub in documentation).

    Poll! (using qwkpoll).

    FTN is a bit more involved.

    Apply to join/ask for a feed.

    Get session, Areafix and other passwords from your hub, as well as binkp hostname:port

    Configure FTN address as an AKA on your end.

    Setup hub as an Echomail node (Mystic terminology), entering addresses, routing and other info.

    Optional: Obtain and install the nodelist for the new net.


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to shinobi on Tue Feb 20 16:50:58 2018
    On 02/20/18, shinobi said the following...

    I wonder. How does one connect to DoveNET Using Mystic?
    Is there any HUB that would let me sign up for the access?
    I saw something like QWK option. Is it the preferred way to poll for
    mail for the whole Mystic BBS?

    I'm getting the messages from DoveNet here. The only problem, for some
    reason, I can't send any messages into the network... I'm still trying to figure that one out... It seems to be happening on all QWK networks.


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Vk3jed on Wed Feb 21 07:59:36 2018
    Hello Vk3jed,

    I prefer FTN, it has a better feature set, but some networks are only distributed via QWK. QWK is also easier to setup, all you need to do is:

    Thanks so much for full set of instructions. I will give it a try. But what I guess is I'd need a good backup prior to this exercise.

    Have a good day

    Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Black Panther on Wed Feb 21 08:01:08 2018
    Hello Dan,

    I'm getting the messages from DoveNet here. The only problem, for some reason, I can't send any messages into the network... I'm still trying to figure that one out... It seems to be happening on all QWK networks.

    thank You so much for the response. I'll give it a try according to instructions V3kojed sent me. I hope I wouldn't break anything as it is
    my common routine after reconfiguration.

    Thanks again and have a good day

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Wed Feb 21 00:48:20 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: Black Panther to shinobi on Tue Feb 20 2018 04:50 pm

    I'm getting the messages from DoveNet here. The only problem, for some reason, I can't send any messages into the network... I'm still trying to figure that one out... It seems to be happening on all QWK networks.

    What does the output of qwpoll say about the upload?

    I used qwkpoll mith Mystic not too long ago and it was working well for me then.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Wed Feb 21 00:54:42 2018
    Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to All on Tue Feb 20 2018 07:36 pm

    I wonder. How does one connect to DoveNET Using Mystic?

    Log on to Vertrauen and download dove-net.txt. It has all the instructions and message areas listed.

    Is there any HUB that would let me sign up for the access?

    You can link with any synchronet BBS that has dove-net and does QWK transfers. You could link with mine if you like but most people connect directly to Vertauen at vert.synchro.net.

    I saw something like QWK option. Is it the preferred way to poll for
    mail for the whole Mystic BBS?

    It is the only option for dove-net since it is a QWK network although there are also FTN hubs you'd have to search them out.

    If you have questions.. we are here. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to shinobi on Wed Feb 21 20:34:00 2018
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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Wed Feb 21 16:11:14 2018
    On 02/21/18, Al said the following...

    I'm getting the messages from DoveNet here. The only problem, for som reason, I can't send any messages into the network... I'm still tryin figure that one out... It seems to be happening on all QWK networks.

    What does the output of qwpoll say about the upload?

    I just ran a test post, and ran ./qwkpoll all export. It gave me:

    zip I/O error: Permission denied
    zip error: Could not create output file (/MOJO.rep)

    I think I just figured out what I have been doing wrong... If I post a
    message, and run the command of ./qwkpoll all export tempqwk, it seems to process them just fine...


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Wed Feb 21 18:57:20 2018
    If you have questions.. we are here. :)

    This is always nice to hear. ;]

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Black Panther on Thu Feb 22 13:10:00 2018
    Black Panther wrote to Al <=-
    I just ran a test post, and ran ./qwkpoll all export. It gave me:

    zip I/O error: Permission denied
    zip error: Could not create output file (/MOJO.rep)

    Looks like it's trying to create your REP file in /, which won't work as an unprivileged user. The error is consistent with that scenario.

    I think I just figured out what I have been doing wrong... If I post a message, and run the command of ./qwkpoll all export tempqwk, it seems
    to process them just fine...

    Interesting.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Thu Feb 22 00:59:22 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: Black Panther to Al on Wed Feb 21 2018 04:11 pm

    zip I/O error: Permission denied
    zip error: Could not create output file (/MOJO.rep)

    Seems to me I had to unquote the parameters of my zip and/or unzip commands in Mystics setup to get QWK working a couple years back.

    It didn't make sense because zip and unzip worked fine for FTN packing and unpacking but for reasons unknown to me it worked after I took the quotes out.

    I think I just figured out what I have been doing wrong... If I post a message, and run the command of ./qwkpoll all export tempqwk, it seems to process them just fine...

    If not have a look at your zip and/or unzip command line and remove the quotes. Zip and unzip still worked as expected and after that QWK was good to go.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Fri Feb 23 08:00:30 2018
    Hello Al,

    Log on to Vertrauen and download dove-net.txt. It has all the
    instructions and message areas listed.

    I do have the instructions. However I'm still investigating issue that
    happens to me. When I pollqwk for the mail the system connect, and tries
    to download the file. However it's looking for vert.qwk and cannot find
    it. When I connect to vert and let the system generate the file then
    it is possible to download. I think there is some issue with Linux
    in this case when it expects UPPERCASE and cannot get LOWERCASE (vert.qwk
    vs. VERT.qwk). I tried to change the case of the file in the config
    but it doesn't help at all.

    Best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Fri Feb 23 02:27:28 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Fri Feb 23 2018 08:00 am

    I do have the instructions. However I'm still investigating issue that happens to me. When I pollqwk for the mail the system connect, and tries to download the file. However it's looking for vert.qwk and cannot find it. When I connect to vert and let the system generate the file then
    it is possible to download. I think there is some issue with Linux
    in this case when it expects UPPERCASE and cannot get LOWERCASE (vert.qwk vs. VERT.qwk). I tried to change the case of the file in the config
    but it doesn't help at all.

    I if you set the Packet ID of the hub to VERT it will do what you need.

    It's been a while since I used Mystic but I think that is what I had.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Fri Feb 23 02:47:48 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Fri Feb 23 2018 08:00 am

    Hi shinobi,

    I have a couple thoughts also about Dove-NET <-> Mystic settings for your consideration..

    In your packet configuration on Vertrauen it is a good idea to set Control-A color codes to expand to ansi since Mystic doesn't support Synchronets ctrl-a color codes.

    I'm not sure what to do about the email settings since I don't think Mystic supports that. You might have to look at it and see.

    Turn off the voting.dat option.

    Turn off messages from you.

    You can turn off the time zone and message path options. You can leave them on it will do no harm but I don't think Mystic does anything with them and messages will look cleaner.

    I'm not sure about the message/reply ID's. You may want to turn it off.

    I had Mystic and Synchronets QWKE setting enabled so message subjects longer than 25 characters are not truncated. That applies to other header fields to.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Fri Feb 23 13:24:52 2018
    Hello Al,

    I have a couple thoughts also about Dove-NET <-> Mystic settings for your consideration..

    thanks so much for Your kind help. I really appreciate it.
    So far I was able to poll for the mail today. My first
    guess is that there were no new messages on DOVE-Net since
    my tries to poll for the mail. So there could be the source
    of the error of unavailability of the packet.

    So far there was one message imported to me.

    Before I'll experiment with the setting too much. I wonder.
    Is there need to setup anything like target for the message
    bases? I guess there is something like Export to settings
    for the FTN networks. I didn't configure that one for the
    DOVENet. Hope that's correct.

    Thanks again & best wishes

    Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to All on Fri Feb 23 18:13:40 2018
    Hello All,

    I want to thank You for Your help and support. So far I'm able to sent & receive messages from DoveNET via QWK.

    Thanks again

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Fri Feb 23 11:59:54 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Fri Feb 23 2018 01:24 pm

    Before I'll experiment with the setting too much. I wonder.
    Is there need to setup anything like target for the message
    bases? I guess there is something like Export to settings
    for the FTN networks. I didn't configure that one for the
    DOVENet. Hope that's correct.

    Yes, the Dove-NET message areas need to exist on your BBS and the QWK network and QWK Base ID needs to be set for all the areas. The QWK network is whatever you have called your QWK hub in Mystic -cfg -> Networking -> QWK Networks and the QWK Base ID for each area is listed in the dove-net.txt file.

    Base Type should be echomail for each area, Net Address 0:0/0 Local Address, and export to 0 Nodes.

    When I first joined dove-net I cut and pasted the list of areas into an .NA file for mutil to import with the Import_FIDONET.NA option then needed just a few edits of the areas for QWK Hub etc.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Fri Feb 23 12:12:26 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to All on Fri Feb 23 2018 06:13 pm

    I want to thank You for Your help and support. So far I'm able to sent & receive messages from DoveNET via QWK.

    I saw your message in the Dove-NET sysops area. It looked good here.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Fri Feb 23 20:34:30 2018
    When I first joined dove-net I cut and pasted the list of areas into an .NA file for mutil to import with the Import_FIDONET.NA option then
    needed just a few edits of the areas for QWK Hub etc.

    That reminded me one thing. Originally why I started BBSing after that years was that I was looking for the remaining FidoNET fragments. When I connect
    to Vertrauren is that possible to poll FidoNET too? When I was in 90's
    bbsing there was a joy using the FidoNET. At that times I had only dial-up
    and a FidoNET point (and BlueWave). But I still recall that as an awesome experience.

    Best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Fri Feb 23 20:42:08 2018
    I saw your message in the Dove-NET sysops area. It looked go
    od here.. :) Al> Thanks.
    I doubt it's ANSI compatible.
    And I'm not really wanting to try itat
    all..The qwkpoll has been added to the hourly routin
    e. Looking forward tosee You there t
    o. ±²ÛÜÜÜÛ²±° °±
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    Master
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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Fri Feb 23 13:01:02 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Fri Feb 23 2018 08:34 pm

    That reminded me one thing. Originally why I started BBSing after that years was that I was looking for the remaining FidoNET fragments. When I connect to Vertrauren is that possible to poll FidoNET too? When I was in 90's bbsing there was a joy using the FidoNET. At that times I had only dial-up and a FidoNET point (and BlueWave). But I still recall that as an awesome experience.

    You could do fidonet by QWK. A lot of nodes did it that way back in the day. You could ask Rob Swindell if it is OK for you do get Fidonet areas by QWK. All your messges would get his origin line after yours.

    But.. why not simply join fidonet and arrange for feeds etc for your own node?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Fri Feb 23 13:06:10 2018
    Re: [ANSI] Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Fri Feb 23 2018 08:42 pm

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    It is completely ANSi compatible.

    I can't quote well.. at least not in this editor but your message looks fine here.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to shinobi on Sat Feb 24 20:43:00 2018
    shinobi wrote to All <=-

    Hello All,

    I want to thank You for Your help and support. So far I'm able to sent
    & receive messages from DoveNET via QWK.

    Yep, saw you loud and clear over there. :)


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to shinobi on Sat Feb 24 20:44:00 2018
    shinobi wrote to Al <=-

    When I first joined dove-net I cut and pasted the list of areas into an .NA file for mutil to import with the Import_FIDONET.NA option then
    needed just a few edits of the areas for QWK Hub etc.

    That reminded me one thing. Originally why I started BBSing after that years was that I was looking for the remaining FidoNET fragments. When
    I connect to Vertrauren is that possible to poll FidoNET too? When I
    was in 90's bbsing there was a joy using the FidoNET. At that times I
    had only dial-up and a FidoNET point (and BlueWave). But I still recall that as an awesome experience.

    You can still join Fidonet, though it's only a shadow of its former self.


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sat Feb 24 11:33:30 2018
    Hello Al,

    But.. why not simply join fidonet and arrange for feeds etc for your own node?

    that's what I'd really like. Would You recommend me any node to join?

    Thanks in advance & best regards

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sat Feb 24 11:34:36 2018
    It is completely ANSi compatible.

    I can't quote well.. at least not in this editor but your message looks fine here.

    I'm sorry about that. I was just trying to send some ASCI to message base. I doubt it was a good idea.

    Thanks & best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Vk3jed on Sat Feb 24 11:35:42 2018
    You can still join Fidonet, though it's only a shadow of its former self.

    From what I expect is that I'd get more Fun & Experiments in FsxNET. :-)

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to shinobi on Sun Feb 25 05:47:00 2018
    shinobi wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    You can still join Fidonet, though it's only a shadow of its former self.

    From what I expect is that I'd get more Fun & Experiments in FsxNET.

    Definitely! There are some useful echoes - IPV6 and BINKD are pretty handy, if you use those, but there's a lot of dead echoes too. :(


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Sat Feb 24 13:18:40 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Sat Feb 24 2018 11:33 am

    that's what I'd really like. Would You recommend me any node to join?

    Where are you? I'll look in the nodelist and see if I can find a net close to you and who to contact.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Sat Feb 24 13:21:26 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Sat Feb 24 2018 11:34 am

    I can't quote well.. at least not in this editor but your message
    looks fine here.

    I'm sorry about that. I was just trying to send some ASCI to message base. I doubt it was a good idea.

    No, it is a good idea to share your ascii/ansi art as you please.

    I may not be able to quote it back but I can enjoy it.

    In this net and dove-net it is no problem. It may not be enjoyed so much in fidonet.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Sat Feb 24 14:24:08 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Sat Feb 24 2018 11:33 am

    that's what I'd really like. Would You recommend me any node to join?

    Looking through the nodelist I see quite a few BBSs around you (more or less). I saw Aleco Experience BBS, I've seen origin lines from that BBS so it might be a good place to find info.. That BBS is in Praha and is run by Martin Ruzicka. The telnet address is bbs.alecoexp.cz.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sat Feb 24 21:33:08 2018
    Hllo Al,

    Where are you? I'll look in the nodelist and see if I can find a
    net Al> close to you and who to contact.

    that could be a problem. I'm from Prague, Czech Republic. That once was
    quite a busy Area. I'm afraid there are no nodes left in my country. :-(

    The Last Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sat Feb 24 21:35:18 2018
    No, it is a good idea to share your ascii/ansi art as you pl
    ease.Thanks for the encouragement.
    I prefer plain-text. But somehow
    there are timeswhen it just brings some pleasure to me to
    "go ANSI crazy".ÄÄÙÄÄÄ
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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Sat Feb 24 17:39:54 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Sat Feb 24 2018 09:33 pm

    that could be a problem. I'm from Prague, Czech Republic. That once was quite a busy Area. I'm afraid there are no nodes left in my country. :-(


    Well if there are no nodes left we are gonna need one!

    I asked in the FN_SYSOP area for info about your area and Ward Dossche gave me this..


    Subj : Re: How does a node in Prague apply for a fidonet node?
    To : Alan Ianson
    From : Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
    Date : Sun Feb 25 2018 12:11 am UTC

    Alan,

    I was having a conversation with a node in Prague who brought up the idea of joining Fidonet and I wasn't sure where to point him. Does anyone
    have a link with info and perhaps a Z2 nodelist I can point him to?

    What's wrong with the Z1 nodelist? There's a zone-2 section in it ...

    The Czech republic is active, it's region-42. Its RC is Viktor Cizek at 2:421/790. INA=fido.m19.cz. He's also the NC.

    If it doesn't materialize, let me know.

    Take care,

    \%/@rd

    -+- D'Bridge 3.99 SR19
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    Ward is Z2C so if you can't get a hold of Viktor I'll get back to him for more info. If you need more info or help let me know.

    I'm not sure off the top of my head where to grab a nodelist in Z2 but over here I would go to filegate.net. That is Z1C's BBS.. lots of nodelists and fido info there.

    Let me know how it goes.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to shinobi on Sun Feb 25 19:29:26 2018
    On 02/24/18, shinobi pondered and said...

    No, it is a good idea to share your ascii/ansi art as you please.

    Thanks for the encouragement. I prefer plain-text. But somehow there are t when it just brings some pleasure to me to "go ANSI crazy".

    ÄÄÙÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÄÄ
    Shinobi
    ÄÄÄÄÄ¿ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ


    +1 from me. Feel free to share any ANSI you wish. You're supported here :)

    Best, Paul


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sun Feb 25 07:00:10 2018
    Hello Al,,

    Looking through the nodelist I see quite a few BBSs around you (more or less). I saw Aleco Experience BBS, I've seen origin lines from that BBS
    so it might be a good place to find info.. That BBS is in Praha and is
    run by Martin Ruzicka. The telnet address is bbs.alecoexp.cz.


    thanks for the hint. That's where my next steps are heading. Finally I can contact him and see.

    Thanks indeed & best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Avon on Sun Feb 25 07:06:22 2018
    +1 from me. Feel free to share any ANSI you wish. You're supported here
    :)

    Thanks Paul. I'll try to find some nice lines time to time.

    Best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sun Feb 25 08:03:36 2018
    Hello Al,

    Well if there are no nodes left we are gonna need one!

    well... that's what possibly would be the next step. But there a question
    that remains.

    The Czech republic is active, it's region-42. Its RC is Viktor Cizek at 2:421/790. INA=fido.m19.cz. He's also the NC.

    So far I went to AlecoExp. And yes, there are some 42.* conferences. But it's complete silent in there. I could possibly join the FidoNET. But I'm not
    really sure if that makes sense. What I somehow expected were some active users. But as I told in 42.* no one is there.

    So I could possibly poll from vert. For some conference and occasionally read them. But what's true is that I found that FsxNET is far more active and more suits my graphomaniaca habits. :-) Also I spend like at most hour on the
    BBSing per day. And until now I didn't have enough courage to read all the messages on USENET that I poll from Avon. And now I've got DOVE-Net that I don't read neither.

    But I'll try to poll for some American conferences at first from Vert and see what's the traffic in there.

    Thanks again for Your help and support. I'll see what Martin Ruzicka will
    write to me and decide according to his response.

    Until then Long Live FsxNET & FidoNET

    Regards

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Sun Feb 25 01:50:48 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Sun Feb 25 2018 08:03 am

    So far I went to AlecoExp. And yes, there are some 42.* conferences. But it's complete silent in there. I could possibly join the FidoNET. But I'm not really sure if that makes sense. What I somehow expected were some active users. But as I told in 42.* no one is there.

    I understand. When I first joined Fidonet it was because a user on my bbs said he couldn't find it on any of the menus! Now I belong to fidonet for my own reasons not because of the BBS (so much). There was a time when we had net 153 echoes that were busier than any echo today but those days are gone.

    Never the less, I still enjoy BBSing and the networks.. so I carry on as best I can.

    Thanks again for Your help and support. I'll see what Martin Ruzicka will write to me and decide according to his response.

    Glad to help if needed and glad we have you here in any case.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Sun Feb 25 12:41:36 2018
    Never the less, I still enjoy BBSing and the networks.. so I
    carry on as Al> best I can.Thank
    You so much. Al> Glad to help if n
    eeded and glad we have you here in any case.
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  • From Richard@21:4/111 to shinobi on Sun Feb 25 12:02:14 2018
    if you want to try something new let me know ...

    looking for some art work, simple stuff I am sure , but I am good at VERY
    BASIC stuff lol

    and lookingforward to seeing your work

    Richard Szajkowski AKA The Wizzard

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  • From Ian McLaughlin@21:1/133 to Al on Sun Feb 25 09:51:20 2018
    On 02/25/18, Al said the following...

    fidonet for my own reasons not because of the BBS (so much). There was a time when we had net 153 echoes that were busier than any echo today but those days are gone.

    Hey Al, do you remember before net 153 we were net 353 in the Okanagan?
    THat's how far back I go :)

    Ian

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Richard on Sun Feb 25 17:42:26 2018
    Hello Richard,

    if you want to try something new let me know ...

    looking for some art work, simple stuff I am sure , but I am good at VERY BASIC stuff lol

    and lookingforward to seeing your work

    I'm so much sorry. But my english sucks. Is it a request for work from me or offer for work from You.

    Sorry again. I didn't get it.

    Thanks & best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From Richard@21:4/111 to shinobi on Sun Feb 25 13:17:56 2018
    On 02/25/18, shinobi said the following...

    Hello Richard,

    if you want to try something new let me know ...

    looking for some art work, simple stuff I am sure , but I am good at BASIC stuff lol

    and lookingforward to seeing your work

    I'm so much sorry. But my english sucks. Is it a request for work from
    me or offer for work from You.

    Sorry again. I didn't get it.

    Thanks & best regards

    Shinobi


    no problem , I am looking for some work to be done

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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Richard on Sun Feb 25 18:39:54 2018
    no problem , I am looking for some work to be done

    Well... write me a netmail: Shinobi@21:1/153 We can discuss it there.

    Best regards

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Ian McLaughlin on Sun Feb 25 13:19:56 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Ian McLaughlin to Al on Sun Feb 25 2018 09:51 am

    Hey Al, do you remember before net 153 we were net 353 in the Okanagan? THat's how far back I go :)

    I lived in Vancouver when I first joined fidonet so I was always 1:153/757 but I remember net 353. There was a group of nodes in that net that were heavy duty gamers. I had a connection with one of those nodes for reasons I forget now.. probably games!

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Ian McLaughlin@21:1/133 to Al on Sun Feb 25 14:27:04 2018
    On 02/25/18, Al said the following...

    I lived in Vancouver when I first joined fidonet so I was always
    1:153/757 but I remember net 353. There was a group of nodes in that net that were heavy duty gamers. I had a connection with one of those nodes for reasons I forget now.. probably games!

    Maybe Bob Shiells at Pyroto Mountain - loved that game.

    Ian

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  • From Richard@21:4/111 to Ian McLaughlin on Sun Feb 25 18:14:16 2018
    On 02/25/18, Ian McLaughlin said the following...

    On 02/25/18, Al said the following...

    I lived in Vancouver when I first joined fidonet so I was always 1:153/757 but I remember net 353. There was a group of nodes in that that were heavy duty gamers. I had a connection with one of those nod for reasons I forget now.. probably games!

    Maybe Bob Shiells at Pyroto Mountain - loved that game.

    I am working to get it back up and running ... (pyroto Mountain)

    its living on cmrk.net :1986 right now off line but I hope to have it back up and running this week ( moved computers)

    Richard Szajkowski AKA The Wizzard

    U.S.S. Alliance BBS (Brampton) (Born 1984 Reborn 2017)

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  • From Ian McLaughlin@21:1/133 to Richard on Sun Feb 25 16:39:32 2018
    On 02/25/18, Richard said the following...

    I am working to get it back up and running ... (pyroto Mountain)

    its living on cmrk.net :1986 right now off line but I hope to have it
    back up and running this week ( moved computers)

    Yes! Let me know when it's up. That'll bring back some memories.

    Ian

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  • From Nighthawk@21:1/146.1 to shinobi on Mon Feb 26 19:52:58 2018
    On 02/24/18, shinobi said the following...

    that could be a problem. I'm from Prague, Czech Republic. That once was quite a busy Area. I'm afraid there are no nodes left in my country. :-(

    You should talk to Ward Dorsche, he is the Z2 coordinator. He will point
    a feed for you.

    Portugal has the same issue, but this is not a big deal.

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  • From Datalus@21:4/120 to Al on Sun Feb 25 14:42:44 2018
    Hey Al it would be I good idea to post a note telling all of us out here how you set mystic up. Ever time ive tried I have failed. so write it up for us Please. Thanks Sam

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Datalus on Tue Feb 27 11:59:58 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: Datalus to Al on Sun Feb 25 2018 02:42 pm

    Hey Al it would be I good idea to post a note telling all of us out here how you set mystic up. Ever time ive tried I have failed. so write it up for us Please. Thanks Sam

    I will put a text file together and post it for those who are interetsed to look over. I have seen a file like that in my travels, written by Black Pather if I remember right so he might have some input as well.

    Are you running Dove-NET successfully now?

    If not the first step is to download dove-net.txt from Vertrauen at vert.synchro.net and if you have questions just ask.

    Hey Avon.. is there a wiki page for Dove-NET and/or QWK networking?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Wed Feb 28 09:40:16 2018
    On 02/27/18, Al pondered and said...

    Re: Re: DoveNET
    Hey Avon.. is there a wiki page for Dove-NET and/or QWK networking?

    Mmm.. not sure, I was thinking it would be good to post the text created to
    the fsxNet wiki and would be happy to do this and/or give you access to do so if you wish :)

    Best, Paul


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Tue Feb 27 16:50:40 2018
    On 02/27/18, Al said the following...

    Hey Al it would be I good idea to post a note telling all of us out h how you set mystic up. Ever time ive tried I have failed. so write it for us Please. Thanks Sam

    I will put a text file together and post it for those who are interetsed to look over. I have seen a file like that in my travels, written by
    Black Pather if I remember right so he might have some input as well.

    I did write something up about a year ago. It's not a very good text, as I finished writing it at like 3am. :) Perhaps I should try to update it...

    It is available here. The filename is ms-qwk10.zip.

    Hey Avon.. is there a wiki page for Dove-NET and/or QWK networking?

    I don't believe there is, but I'm sure it could either be added to the Mystic wiki or even the fsxNet wiki. (I'm not trying to add more work for you, Paul...) :)


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  • From Datalus@21:4/120 to Al on Wed Feb 28 06:30:18 2018
    Yes Al to your question about running Dove-net now but on wildcat 6.4 but i have changed over to mystic. I have the file and have been working hard to learn mystic. I had a export problem with mystic for a quite a while but
    finely cured that problem. Thanks for the info
    Sam

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Datalus on Sun Mar 4 15:14:22 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: Datalus to Al on Wed Feb 28 2018 06:30 am

    Yes Al to your question about running Dove-net now but on wildcat 6.4 but i have changed over to mystic. I have the file and have been working hard to learn mystic. I had a export problem with mystic for a quite a while but finely cured that problem. Thanks for the info

    How did you solve your export problem?

    Did you need to unquote your zip command line?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to shinobi on Tue Mar 6 04:58:02 2018
    thanks for the hint. That's where my next steps are heading. Finally I
    can contact him and see.

    Did you find any success with this?

    I don't mind helping if needed.



    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Avon on Tue Mar 6 05:16:02 2018
    Hey Avon.. is there a wiki page for Dove-NET and/or QWK networking?

    Mmm.. not sure, I was thinking it would be good to post the text created to the fsxNet wiki and would be happy to do this and/or give you access
    to do so if you wish :)

    I will put together a text for those who are interested to look at. I was thinking that since Black Pather has already created an info file for it,
    I would leave it up to you and him to put it in the wiki. Black Panther
    is welcome to incorporate my text if he finds anything new and valuable
    from my post (that will come in a few days).




    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Black Panther on Tue Mar 6 05:19:52 2018
    I did write something up about a year ago. It's not a very good text, as
    I finished writing it at like 3am. :) Perhaps I should try to update
    it...

    Hmm.. what time is it now.. :)

    I'm going to post my thought on the matter in a few days.. maybe this
    weekend. If you find anything in there you can use it if you like, and
    maybe between you and Avon you can add it to the wiki. That would be
    helpful to future sysops I'm sure.


    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Tue Mar 6 19:44:50 2018
    Hello Al,


    Did you find any success with this?

    I don't mind helping if needed.

    after that discussion I found myself unsure regarding the need to join full node in FidoNET. That NET is possible just a shadow of what it has been.
    And after brief exploration I can pull that from Vertrauren just as easy
    as I'm pulling DoveNET. It would be enough just to switch on several switches.

    So far I heard from Martin. And what I was looking for were the Czech conferences. I'm afraid there is nothing to do about that these are just silent. There are no new messages in the *.42 conferences. I saw it on Alexpo BBS. So far I also had a look at the node-list for my area. And there
    wouldn't be a trouble connecting to proper area in Prague.

    Thanks so much for the message and courage to explore that path.

    BTW: I find FsxNET quite comforting at the moment. And just reading FsxNET is the amount of messages for me for a day to catch up at least a bit.

    Have a nice day

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Tue Mar 6 17:52:22 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Tue Mar 06 2018 07:44 pm

    after that discussion I found myself unsure regarding the need to join full node in FidoNET. That NET is possible just a shadow of what it has been. And after brief exploration I can pull that from Vertrauren just as easy as I'm pulling DoveNET. It would be enough just to switch on several switches.

    I think a QWK link will work just as well, might even be simpler. :)

    Fidonet is attached to my hip after all these years but there are many ways to participate and a full node is not needed. It's there for you if you want/need it any time.

    BTW: I find FsxNET quite comforting at the moment. And just reading FsxNET is the amount of messages for me for a day to catch up at least a bit.

    Some days I have to skim by everything quickly. They expect me at work at 3:00 PM but I took the day off today because I have a head cold or something so I can spend some time.. :)

    fsxNet is a great net to be sure. I'm glad I found my way here. I'm going to upload the fsxnet.zip to Vertrauen on my next trip over there.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Tue Mar 6 17:09:20 2018
    On 03/06/18, Al said the following...

    I did write something up about a year ago. It's not a very good text, I finished writing it at like 3am. :) Perhaps I should try to update it...

    Hmm.. what time is it now.. :)

    I noticed it was posted after 5am... :) I think I needed to be at work at
    like 8am when I was writing it. :)

    I'm going to post my thought on the matter in a few days.. maybe this weekend. If you find anything in there you can use it if you like, and maybe between you and Avon you can add it to the wiki. That would be helpful to future sysops I'm sure.

    It probably would, as I remember there have been a few times where people
    were having issues getting connected with Mystic. I can get that added to the fsx Wiki page. I'll combine your notes with mine, and come up with something written semi-intelligently. ;)


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Wed Mar 7 17:44:00 2018
    Al wrote to shinobi <=-

    after that discussion I found myself unsure regarding the need to join full node in FidoNET. That NET is possible just a shadow of what it has been. And after brief exploration I can pull that from Vertrauren just as easy as I'm pulling DoveNET. It would be enough just to switch on several switches.

    I think a QWK link will work just as well, might even be simpler. :)

    For Fidonet? Most Fido echoes don't allow gating to non Fidonet networks.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Wed Mar 7 00:58:30 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Wed Mar 07 2018 05:44 pm

    I think a QWK link will work just as well, might even be simpler. :)

    For Fidonet? Most Fido echoes don't allow gating to non Fidonet networks.

    We are not actually gating. They are all fido messages staying in fido. Just the transfer is QWK rather than FTN. A lot of nodes did fido over QWK in the early days.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Wed Mar 7 21:00:00 2018
    Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    We are not actually gating. They are all fido messages staying in fido. Just the transfer is QWK rather than FTN. A lot of nodes did fido over
    QWK in the early days.

    Given that QWK doesn't support Fido addressing, technically it is gating, but the rules in various echoes do specify "without permission". :)


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Wed Mar 7 13:56:12 2018
    I think a QWK link will work just as well, might even be simpler. :)

    Agreed. From the time I configured the Vertrauren connection is just few keyboard presses away.

    Fidonet is attached to my hip after all these years but there are many ways to participate and a full node is not needed. It's there for you if you want/need it any time.

    Thank You so much.

    Some days I have to skim by everything quickly. They expect me at work
    at 3:00 PM but I took the day off today because I have a head cold or something so I can spend some time.. :)

    The same here. I'm having flu. And now it's possibly somehow becoming angina. Nothing really surprising. There's an epidemic boom as every year here.

    fsxNet is a great net to be sure. I'm glad I found my way here. I'm
    going to upload the fsxnet.zip to Vertrauen on my next trip over there.. :)

    Why not. There is never enough of fresh blood on FsxNET. :-)

    Regards

    Shinobi

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Wed Mar 7 12:54:58 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Wed Mar 07 2018 09:00 pm

    We are not actually gating. They are all fido messages staying in
    fido. Just the transfer is QWK rather than FTN. A lot of nodes did
    fido over QWK in the early days.

    Given that QWK doesn't support Fido addressing, technically it is gating, but the rules in various echoes do specify "without permission". :)

    If anyone on shinibi's BBS posts those messages will appear to come from 1:103/705 and will have vert's origin line after shinobis.

    It's a little mucky perhaps.. but it works and no rules have been broken. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From shinobi@21:1/153 to Al on Thu Mar 8 06:56:08 2018
    If anyone on shinibi's BBS posts those messages will appear to come from 1:103/705 and will have vert's origin line after shinobis.

    It's a little mucky perhaps.. but it works and no rules have been
    broken. :)

    Originally all I wanted before I dive into BBSing recently was a point on
    Fido. What I got is FTN node with BBS on FsxNET. This is how things goes. :-)

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to shinobi on Thu Mar 8 00:15:38 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: shinobi to Al on Thu Mar 08 2018 06:56 am

    Originally all I wanted before I dive into BBSing recently was a point on Fido. What I got is FTN node with BBS on FsxNET. This is how things goes. :-)

    One advantage to using a node or point is netmail. If you can live without netmail QWK will be fine.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to shinobi on Thu Mar 8 22:08:00 2018
    shinobi wrote to Al <=-

    Originally all I wanted before I dive into BBSing recently was a point
    on Fido. What I got is FTN node with BBS on FsxNET. This is how things goes. :-)

    You got a major upgrade. ;)


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Thu Mar 8 22:09:00 2018
    Al wrote to shinobi <=-

    One advantage to using a node or point is netmail. If you can live
    without netmail QWK will be fine.

    Synchronet can do QWK netmail. :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Thu Mar 8 13:28:14 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Thu Mar 08 2018 10:09 pm

    One advantage to using a node or point is netmail. If you can live
    without netmail QWK will be fine.

    Synchronet can do QWK netmail. :)

    Synchronet does QWK netmail, (user@qwkid) but an FTN netmail would likely have to be picked up by the user. shinobi would pick up any netmail addressed to shinobi@1:103/705 from his own login but I'm not sure his bbsid network login would pick it up.

    Synchronet has extended qwk quite a bit. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that it does work but I haven't ever tried it.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Datalus@21:4/120 to Al on Mon Mar 5 05:53:52 2018
    No it was error on my part i had spelling and a .error which should have been
    a | a simple mistake but after looking for days things seem to run wild in
    your brain trying to find the problem. As someone said to error is to be
    human,
    Thxs Datalus A.K.A Sam

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  • From cr1mson@21:1/154 to Al on Thu Mar 8 20:28:02 2018
    On 03/08/18, Al said the following...

    Synchronet does QWK netmail, (user@qwkid) but an FTN netmail would
    likely have to be picked up by the user. shinobi would pick up any
    netmail addressed to shinobi@1:103/705 from his own login but I'm not
    sure his bbsid network login would pick it up.

    Synchronet has extended qwk quite a bit. It wouldn't surprise me to
    learn that it does work but I haven't ever tried it.

    That would be a nice feature.

    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Fri Mar 9 18:04:00 2018
    Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-


    Synchronet can do QWK netmail. :)

    Synchronet does QWK netmail, (user@qwkid) but an FTN netmail would
    likely have to be picked up by the user. shinobi would pick up any
    netmail addressed to shinobi@1:103/705 from his own login but I'm not
    sure his bbsid network login would pick it up.

    Yes, I haven't tried QWK netmail, but it is a cool idea. :)

    Synchronet has extended qwk quite a bit. It wouldn't surprise me to
    learn that it does work but I haven't ever tried it.

    Yes. And all of those extensions are documented, so others can implemented them.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Datalus on Fri Mar 9 00:14:04 2018
    Re: Re: DoveNET
    By: Datalus to Al on Mon Mar 05 2018 05:53 am

    No it was error on my part i had spelling and a .error which should have been a | a simple mistake but after looking for days things seem to run wild in your brain trying to find the problem. As someone said to error is to be human,

    Yep, to err is human, to forgive is divine.

    I have a few things around here not doing the right thing and after thinking on that a bit I think that's par for the course.. but I am making progress.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to cr1mson on Fri Mar 9 00:21:32 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: cr1mson to Al on Thu Mar 08 2018 08:28 pm

    Synchronet has extended qwk quite a bit. It wouldn't surprise me to
    learn that it does work but I haven't ever tried it.

    That would be a nice feature.

    There is a rather lengthy doc in my docs directory about Synchronets QWK abilities. I'll have to give it a look and see if it talks about that.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Fri Mar 9 00:29:56 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Fri Mar 09 2018 06:04 pm

    Yes. And all of those extensions are documented, so others can implemented them.

    I hope he documented them. I think a lot of it may not be, like the new voting system. I haven't looked at that doc in a while so I'll have to go see if I can take it in.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Fri Mar 9 19:55:00 2018
    Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Fri Mar 09 2018 06:04 pm

    Yes. And all of those extensions are documented, so others can implemented them.

    I hope he documented them. I think a lot of it may not be, like the new voting system. I haven't looked at that doc in a while so I'll have to
    go see if I can take it in.

    I have seen the docs for the Synchronet extensions to QWK. They are on the Synchronet website.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Fri Mar 9 01:35:30 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Fri Mar 09 2018 07:55 pm

    I hope he documented them. I think a lot of it may not be, like the
    new voting system. I haven't looked at that doc in a while so I'll
    have to go see if I can take it in.

    I have seen the docs for the Synchronet extensions to QWK. They are on the Synchronet website.

    I just had a quick look in my docs directory and saw syncqnet.txt, dated 03/23/95! I'll see what I can find on the web.

    It talks about routing QWK netmail but nothing about FTN netmail. I think FTN netmail is handled by sbbsecho, so the QWK system is not going to know anything about it.

    Check your QWK, I'm gouing to send you a QWK netmail reply.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Rob Swindell@21:2/101 to Al on Fri Mar 9 04:05:42 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Al to Vk3jed on Fri Mar 09 2018 01:35 am

    I just had a quick look in my docs directory and saw syncqnet.txt, dated 03/23/95! I'll see what I can find on the web.

    It talks about routing QWK netmail but nothing about FTN netmail. I think FTN netmail is handled by sbbsecho, so the QWK system is not going to know anything about it.

    http://synchro.net/docs/message_section.html#RemoteQWKFunctions

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Rob Swindell on Fri Mar 9 02:27:34 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Rob Swindell to Al on Fri Mar 09 2018 04:05 am

    Hi there!

    http://synchro.net/docs/message_section.html#RemoteQWKFunctions

    ... See "Sending Netmail via QWK" (and yes, that FidoNet Netmail). :-)

    Will read up on that.. might need your input if I can't figure it out.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Fri Mar 9 21:23:00 2018
    Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    I just had a quick look in my docs directory and saw syncqnet.txt,
    dated 03/23/95! I'll see what I can find on the web.

    I know I have seen it. I think it's on the wiki.

    It talks about routing QWK netmail but nothing about FTN netmail. I
    think FTN netmail is handled by sbbsecho, so the QWK system is not
    going to know anything about it.

    Yeah, that's a good point. The boundary between the two technologies might be a major issue. :(

    Check your QWK, I'm gouing to send you a QWK netmail reply.

    Cool vk3jed@freeway should do it. :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Fri Mar 9 03:29:04 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Fri Mar 09 2018 09:23 pm

    It talks about routing QWK netmail but nothing about FTN netmail. I
    think FTN netmail is handled by sbbsecho, so the QWK system is not
    going to know anything about it.

    Yeah, that's a good point. The boundary between the two technologies might be a major issue. :(

    I know it will work (QWK or FTN) for a regular user login, but I'm not sure in the the case of a network node. I've never used a QWK network account for any FTN network stuff, like Fidonet.

    Check your QWK, I'm gouing to send you a QWK netmail reply.

    Cool vk3jed@freeway should do it. :)

    I guessed your QWK account was FREEWAY. It is on it's way.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Sat Mar 10 06:20:00 2018
    Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Yeah, that's a good point. The boundary between the two technologies might be a major issue. :(

    I know it will work (QWK or FTN) for a regular user login, but I'm not sure in the the case of a network node. I've never used a QWK network account for any FTN network stuff, like Fidonet.

    You would need some way of encoding the address so that both networks understood it (or more to the point, so that the non native part was ignored).

    Check your QWK, I'm gouing to send you a QWK netmail reply.

    Cool vk3jed@freeway should do it. :)

    I guessed your QWK account was FREEWAY. It is on it's way.

    Yep, got it, replied. :-)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Fri Mar 9 12:42:50 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Sat Mar 10 2018 06:20 am

    I guessed your QWK account was FREEWAY. It is on it's way.

    Yep, got it, replied. :-)

    I don't see any reply yet, but will check when I get home tonight.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Sat Mar 10 16:45:00 2018
    Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Sat Mar 10 2018 06:20 am

    I guessed your QWK account was FREEWAY. It is on it's way.

    Yep, got it, replied. :-)

    I don't see any reply yet, but will check when I get home tonight.

    Hmm, OK. I'll try from the BBS instead of a QWK packet. :) I noticed the reply address had the full path, a bit like UUCP bang path addressing. :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Vk3jed on Fri Mar 9 22:41:36 2018
    Re: Re: FidoNET
    By: Vk3jed to Al on Sat Mar 10 2018 04:45 pm

    I don't see any reply yet, but will check when I get home tonight.

    Hmm, OK. I'll try from the BBS instead of a QWK packet. :) I noticed the reply address had the full path, a bit like UUCP bang path addressing. :)

    Yep, I did get it shortly after posting that reply..

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From cr1mson@21:1/154 to Al on Fri Mar 9 21:04:54 2018
    On 03/09/18, Al said the following...

    There is a rather lengthy doc in my docs directory about Synchronets QWK abilities. I'll have to give it a look and see if it talks about that.

    Keep us informed.

    Sincerely,
    Jon Justvig

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to cr1mson on Wed Mar 14 09:13:00 2018
    cr1mson wrote to Al <=-

    On 03/09/18, Al said the following...

    There is a rather lengthy doc in my docs directory about Synchronets QWK abilities. I'll have to give it a look and see if it talks about that.

    Keep us informed.

    Just trawling the Synchroner wiki. These might be of interest.

    http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwknet - Synchronet's QWK networking extensions.

    http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk - Links to QWK info.


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