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  • Setting up QWK Networking?

    From Nodoka Hanamura@21:2/106 to All on Wed Oct 2 11:24:46 2019
    Hey there,

    I'm trying to get DOVE-Net going on my BBS with mixed results. I've followed the instructions on Synchro.net to the best of my ability keeping in mind
    that i'm running Mystic and not Synchronet, and the last step evades me - How do I go about issuing a network callout on a QWK network?

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  • From Al@21:3/107 to Nodoka Hanamura on Wed Oct 2 13:37:08 2019
    I'm trying to get DOVE-Net going on my BBS with mixed results. I've followed the instructions on Synchro.net to the best of my ability keeping in mind that i'm running Mystic and not Synchronet, and the last step evades me - How do I go about issuing a network callout on a QWK network?

    qwkpoll is what your looking for, qwkpoll 1 (or 2, or all) once your QWK networks are setup in the config. Be sure to set the QWK network and QWK Base ID in the message areas as well.. :)

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  • From Nodoka Hanamura@21:2/106 to Al on Wed Oct 2 17:44:50 2019
    Yeah, I actually checked that out and realized there was an existing event
    for that - Why I didn't remember was beyond me.

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  • From Al@21:3/107 to Nodoka Hanamura on Wed Oct 2 15:08:52 2019
    Yeah, I actually checked that out and realized there was an existing event for that - Why I didn't remember was beyond me.

    There's quite a few details to remeber when setting up.. :)

    Mystic doesn't support the <CTRL>A codes that Synchronet uses so you'll want to
    either strip them or convert them to ansi. Set that by telneting into the hub node and setting as you prefer.

    You'll probably want to use QWKE so you get longer subject lines and name fields too. It's not necessary but nicer.. set that up both in Mystic's config for the QWK network hub and in your setting at the hub.

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    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:3/107)
  • From Nodoka Hanamura@21:2/106 to Al on Wed Oct 2 21:38:02 2019
    Mystic doesn't support the <CTRL>A codes that Synchronet uses so you'll want to either strip them or convert them to ansi. Set that by telneting into the hub node and setting as you prefer.

    I probably should fix that, would explain why Syncrhonet's not playing nice with the messages, they were coming back corrupt.

    You'll probably want to use QWKE so you get longer subject lines and name fields too. It's not necessary but nicer.. set that up both in Mystic's config for the QWK network hub and in your setting at the hub.

    I honestly thought QWKE was required to be disabled. I'll fix that.

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    * Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS (21:2/106)
  • From Al@21:3/107 to Nodoka Hanamura on Wed Oct 2 19:24:56 2019
    You'll probably want to use QWKE so you get longer subject lines and name
    fields too. It's not necessary but nicer.. set that up both in Mystic's
    config for the QWK network hub and in your setting at the hub.

    I honestly thought QWKE was required to be disabled. I'll fix that.

    Synchronet BBSs don't need it, they use messages.dat but Mystic doesn't know how to use it so QWKE is a good option for Mystic BBSs.

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  • From Al@21:3/107 to Al on Thu Oct 3 02:33:16 2019
    Synchronet BBSs don't need it, they use messages.dat but Mystic doesn't know how to use it so QWKE is a good option for Mystic BBSs.

    I said messages.dat, but I meant headers.dat.. :)

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Nodoka Hanamura on Fri Oct 4 15:35:00 2019
    On 10-02-19 21:38, Nodoka Hanamura wrote to Al <=-

    I honestly thought QWKE was required to be disabled. I'll fix that.

    For Synchronet, yes, because Synchronet to Synchronet QWK transfers don't rely on QWKE features. They use other data that's exchanged for long subjects, etc.


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