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  • RA to SBBS QWK Networking?

    From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to All on Sat Mar 9 13:06:00 2024
    Is anyone doing this? I've tried MKNET and SUARM, both of which send REP packets successfully to SBBS, but neither of which can actually bring in QWK packets. Any RA users out there connecting to SBBS via QWK? I can't use FTN for one of my networks because 2 networks use the same zone (Araknet and League10 are both 10:*) and fastecho doesn't support that. IREX does, but my mail tosser is just as important.

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@1:129/305 to Martin Kazmaier on Sat Mar 9 17:37:42 2024
    League10 are both 10:*) and fastecho doesn't support that. IREX does, but

    Use GEcho then.

    ... I am the neurosis that requires a $500-an-hour shrink!

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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to T.J. Mcmillen on Sun Mar 10 13:31:00 2024
    * In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, T.J. Mcmillen said:

    League10 are both 10:*) and fastecho doesn't support that. IREX does,
    but

    Use GEcho then.

    I'll look at that, does it support multiple nets in the same zone?

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    (ports 22, 23, 110, 21, 119) (ssh: login bbs password shsbbs)


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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@1:129/305 to Martin Kazmaier on Sun Mar 10 20:47:14 2024
    I'll look at that, does it support multiple nets in the same zone?


    Should if you set it up correctly.


    It has AKA matching, so Zone 25:25 could match 25:25/0 and 25:1/100 could match 25:1/500


    So I don't see why it couldn't.

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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to T.J. Mcmillen on Sun Mar 10 16:45:00 2024
    League10 are both 10:*) and fastecho doesn't support that. IREX does,
    but

    Use GEcho then.

    downloaded from your board and just running for league10. Thanks!

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    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp)
    (ports 22, 23, 110, 21, 119) (ssh: login bbs password shsbbs)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    ---
    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to T.J. Mcmillen on Sun Mar 10 23:20:27 2024
    Re: Re: RA to SBBS QWK Networking?
    By: T.J. Mcmillen to Martin Kazmaier on Sun Mar 10 2024 08:47 pm

    I'll look at that, does it support multiple nets in the same zone?


    Should if you set it up correctly.

    I think it would need to support 5D addresses (with domains). I don't recall GEcho supporting 5D addresses.
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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Rob Swindell on Mon Mar 11 11:55:00 2024

    Re: Re: RA to SBBS QWK Networking?
    By: T.J. Mcmillen to Martin Kazmaier on Sun Mar 10 2024 08:47 pm

    I'll look at that, does it support multiple nets in the same zone?


    Should if you set it up correctly.

    I think it would need to support 5D addresses (with domains). I don't recall GEcho supporting 5D addresses. -- digital man (rob)

    No, but if I run gecho first, anything that isn't destined for it gets
    renamed from *.pkt to *.dst. I rename those to *.pkt, and let fastecho
    handle them afterwards. A bit dirty, but it works! I still can't get QWK networking working with SBBS. REP packets go out, but QWK won't come in.

    ---
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp)
    (ports 22, 23, 110, 21, 119) (ssh: login bbs password shsbbs)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    ---
    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101)
  • From T.J. Mcmillen@1:129/305 to Martin Kazmaier on Wed Mar 13 22:12:06 2024
    No, but if I run gecho first, anything that isn't destined for it gets renamed from *.pkt to *.dst. I rename those to *.pkt, and let fastecho handle them afterwards. A bit dirty, but it works! I still can't get QWK networking working with SBBS. REP packets go out, but QWK won't come in.

    Try FidoQWK ... it worked over here ... wasn't the best, but it worked. I think QWK is a stupid format for a message network instead of FTN and don't understand why ANYTHING is still run this way, but not my software. :)

    ... If you're trying to drive me crazy, you're too late.

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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Martin Kazmaier on Wed Mar 13 14:43:00 2024
    Is anyone doing this? I've tried MKNET and SUARM, both of which send REP packets successfully to SBBS, but neither of which can actually bring in QWK packets. Any RA users out there connecting to SBBS via QWK? I
    can't use FTN for one of my networks because 2 networks use the same
    zone (Araknet and League10 are both 10:*) and fastecho doesn't
    support that. IREX does, but my mail tosser is just as important.

    A bit of a repost... I had suggestions of what to use for FTN, but no answers from anyone using RA w/ QWK and SBBS. Anyone? I'm using QWK w/ SFNET since it's FTN support is pretty haphazard.

    ---
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp)
    (ports 22, 23, 110, 21, 119) (ssh: login bbs password shsbbs)


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    ---
    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101)
  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to T.J. Mcmillen on Wed Mar 13 21:25:00 2024
    * In a message originally to Martin Kazmaier, T.J. Mcmillen said:


    No, but if I run gecho first, anything that isn't destined for it gets renamed from *.pkt to *.dst. I rename those to *.pkt, and let
    fastecho
    handle them afterwards. A bit dirty, but it works! I still can't get
    QWK
    networking working with SBBS. REP packets go out, but QWK won't come
    in.

    Try FidoQWK ... it worked over here ... wasn't the best, but it worked. I

    I looked at that, but couldn't figure out how to use it well enough.

    ---
    Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp)
    (ports 22, 23, 110, 21, 119) (ssh: login bbs password shsbbs)


    ---
    * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101)
  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to T.J. Mcmillen on Thu Mar 14 16:25:43 2024
    Re: Re: RA to SBBS QWK Networking?
    By: T.J. Mcmillen to Martin Kazmaier on Wed Mar 13 2024 10:12 pm

    Try FidoQWK ... it worked over here ... wasn't the best, but it worked. I think QWK is a stupid format for a message network instead of FTN and don't understand why ANYTHING is still run this way, but not my software. :)

    In my experience, a QWK network is much easier to manage or join for everyone involved so long as their software supports it.
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    digital man (rob)

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@1:129/305 to Rob Swindell on Sat Mar 16 06:47:53 2024
    In my experience, a QWK network is much easier to manage or join for every involved so long as their software supports it.

    But it also leaves it open for a abuse.

    ... Does a Kzin fear to follow where a Puppeteer leads?

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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to T.J. Mcmillen on Sat Mar 16 15:20:16 2024
    Re: Re: RA to SBBS QWK Networking?
    By: T.J. Mcmillen to Rob Swindell on Sat Mar 16 2024 06:47 am

    In my experience, a QWK network is much easier to manage or join for every involved so long as their software supports it.

    But it also leaves it open for a abuse.

    That's up to the network operator how "open" their QWK network is or is not. DOVE-Net is very damn open and the few abuse cases over the years have been easy to deal with pretty quickly. And abusers tend to get bored and move on to other things. It's not really an issue.
    --
    digital man (rob)

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