BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: New offline QWK mail reader: SlyMail
De:       MRO
Data:     Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:28:45 -0500
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  Re: Re: New offline QWK mail reader: SlyMail
  By: Mortar to fusion on Thu Mar 26 2026 11:31 am

>   Re: Re: New offline QWK mail reader: SlyMail
>   By: fusion to Mortar on Thu Mar 26 2026 12:15:00
>
>  > in the synchronet ftp server if you try to download a specific
>  > non-existant file, say "VERT.qwk" it'll create that packet on the fly and
>  > let you download it.
>
> In this example, sounds like you'd end up with an empty packet.  Is there a
> use case for that?
>
Why do you think that?
Due to the magic of synchronet you are getting your qwk packet.

Yes there was a "use case" for it.  We were using it.
I prefer nntp msg networking, though.


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