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  • NEWFILES.DAT ?

    From nelgin@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 03:40:46 2026
    This is new and unexpected at my end

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    Is this a few feature? Am I going to start getting random files from world+dog via QWK now? Also, what am I supposed to do with it now I have it?

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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 04:34:47 2026
    Re: NEWFILES.DAT ?
    By: nelgin to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 2026 03:40:46

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    Is this a few feature? Am I going to start getting random files from world+dog via QWK now? Also, what am I supposed to do with it now I have it?
    I just received this 3 more times

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.
    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.
    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    and then I was about to post and another ones comes up.

    I'm also seeing this new error
    Oct 26 02:44:22 bbs synchronet: evnt QNET Importing QWK Network Packet: /sbbs/data/VERT.qwk
    Oct 26 02:44:22 bbs synchronet: evnt QNET !ERROR 17 (File exists) in un_qwk.cpp line 411 (unpack_qwk) creating "/sbbs/data/qnet/VERT.in" access=0
    Oct 26 02:44:22 bbs synchronet: evnt QNET Received file from VERT: NEWFILES.DAT

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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to nelgin on Mon Oct 26 20:12:00 2026
    Re: NEWFILES.DAT ?
    By: nelgin to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 2026 03:40:46

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    Is this a few feature? Am I going to start getting random
    files from world+dog via QWK now? Also, what am I supposed to
    do with it now I have it?
    I just received this 3 more times

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.
    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.
    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    IIRC I think you can turn this off in your node's QWK config (New File Scan) on VERT. That doesn't explain why you started receiving it all the sudden, but at least you can turn it off.

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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Mon Oct 26 12:37:05 2026
    Re: Re: NEWFILES.DAT ?
    By: Dumas Walker to nelgin on Mon Oct 26 2026 20:12:00

    IIRC I think you can turn this off in your node's QWK config (New File Scan) on VERT. That doesn't explain why you started receiving it all the sudden, but at least you can turn it off.

    Ah good call. I don't remember turning that on but I could have while fiddling around.

    Thanks, it's turned off now.

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to nelgin on Mon Oct 26 17:33:49 2026
    Re: NEWFILES.DAT ?
    By: nelgin to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 2026 03:40 am

    This is new and unexpected at my end

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    A regression on my side - should be fixed now.
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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 23:29:10 2026
    On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:33:49 -0700
    "Digital Man" (VERT) <VERT!Digital.Man@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

    Re: NEWFILES.DAT ?
    By: nelgin to Digital Man on Mon Oct 26 2026 03:40 am

    This is new and unexpected at my end

    Received NEWFILES.DAT from VERT via QWK.

    A regression on my side - should be fixed now.

    No problem. Thanks.
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