What's the process again?

Select groups/nets via telnet
ftp connect
Change to where?
get filename
(put wherever locally)
mm
ftp upload rep packet

I seem to remember this, but can't find the old cribsheet Rob or someone posted. Maybe my search foo is getting bad as I age ;) Ubuntu/mm if that helps. No problem scripting it out for automation, I just can't remember the process.

[Or was ftp for BBS side? I used to carry DOVENet years ago.]
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Re: Silly question - QWK download
By: Fernweh to All on Mon Dec 01 2025 06:48 pm

What's the process again?

Select groups/nets via telnet
ftp connect
Change to where?

You don't need to change directory, if that's what you're asking.

get filename
(put wherever locally)

The downloaded QWK file should go in the Synchronet "data" directory.

mm
ftp upload rep packet

I seem to remember this, but can't find the old cribsheet Rob or someone posted. Maybe my search foo is getting bad as I age ;) Ubuntu/mm if that helps. No problem scripting it out for automation, I just can't remember the process.

this? https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:fidonet
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That was me having a brain fart. :)

I mixed up getting a qwk packet personally and Dove-Net packets when I had my board years ago.

Can personal qwk be ftp'd?
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Re: Silly question - QWK download
By: Fernweh to Digital Man on Tue Dec 02 2025 03:54:02

Can personal qwk be ftp'd?

Yes, it can. Log into the BBS ftp interface as your user and then GET <bbsid>.QWK or PUT <bbsid>.REP.
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Re: Silly question - QWK download
By: Fernweh to Digital Man on Tue Dec 02 2025 03:54 am

That was me having a brain fart. :)

I mixed up getting a qwk packet personally and Dove-Net packets when I had my board years ago.

Can personal qwk be ftp'd?

Yes.
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Hey Fernweh!

On Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:48:22 -0800, you wrote:

What's the process again?

Select groups/nets via telnet

At the beginning of my 'getpkt' script, I change to the mmail/down directory.

ftp connect
Change to where?

Binary mode.

get filename
(put wherever locally)

mm looks for it in the mmail/down directory by default. Then when you have saved written messages, the REP packets ends up in the mmail/up directory by default.

mm

At the beginning of a second 'putpkt' script, I change to the mmail/up directory.

ftp upload rep packet

Then here I change back to the mmail directory, where the two scripts are located.

I seem to remember this, but can't find the old cribsheet Rob or someone posted. Maybe my search foo is getting bad as I age ;) Ubuntu/mm if that helps. No problem scripting it out for automation, I just can't remember
the process.

I was one of the people that posted about it, but I don't remember where we were talking about it, either. You're definitely on the right track, though. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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To the brain fart? LOL!

Yes.
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Thanks guys!
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Fernweh wrote to Digital Man <=-

Thanks guys!

For what?

Please quote some of the message that you are replying to, so folks have
some "context" and can follow the conversation thread.




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Re: Re: Silly question - QWK download
By: Gamgee to Fernweh on Wed Dec 03 2025 04:18 pm

Thanks guys!

For what?

For, you know, stuff. ;)

Nightfox

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A general thank you for all of the replies above. It applied to everyone, so the context wasn't added of the reply "to".

For what?

Please quote some of the message that you are replying to, so folks have
some "context" and can follow the conversation thread.

... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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Re: Re: Silly question - QWK download
By: Fernweh to Gamgee on Thu Dec 04 2025 03:55 pm

A general thank you for all of the replies above. It applied to everyone, so the context wasn't added of the reply "to".

For what?

Please quote some of the message that you are replying to, so folks have
some "context" and can follow the conversation thread.

You posted your reply on the top, so the replies were actually below, not above, as you specified.. ;) On a BBS, generally the convention is to post your reply on the bottom of the quotes - so when someone replies on top, it feels a bit unexpected.

Nightfox

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Even back when I ran a BBS, a business, and spent 20 years as a CTO — I’ve always written BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front.

I lead with the relevant info. Inline comments only when the thread truly needs it.

Not trying to argue — this ain’t Fight-o-Net. 😉

I get what you're saying. Just a different communication style. It's not meant to be abrasive.
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A: Because it destroys the logical flow of a thread of comments,
and makes it difficult to keep up with a conversation.

Q: Why do so many people object to top posting?

A: Writing your reply to a message above what you are referring to
rather than below it.

Q: What is "top posting"?

A general thank you for all of the replies above. It applied to
everyone, so the context wasn't added of the reply "to".

For what?

Please quote some of the message that you are replying to, so
folks have some "context" and can follow the conversation thread.

... Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
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I'm being snarky for humor only.

Look, when someone says thank you for a response or a bit of tech help, what's the point of quoting the entire conversation?

If you jumped in midstream and you're confused, here's a revolutionary idea: scroll up. It's all there. :^D This is also the reason threads go massively long at the individual message level, because people won't edit and quote irrelevant parts to their reply.

A thank you doesn't need a dissertation or a full-context replay like it's a courtroom transcript.

Now we’re dissecting posting etiquette like it's 1994 and Usenet just booted up.

It was two keywords: thank you. It didn’t need a 15-message committee review. ;)
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