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Assunto:  Re: New offline QWK mail
De:       MRO
Data:     Wed, 8 Apr 2026 07:21:20 -0500
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  Re: Re: New offline QWK mail
  By: Tiny to Boraxman on Wed Apr 08 2026 05:28 am

 > Hi Boraxman,
 > In a message to Rixter you wrote:

 >  B> Yes, but zmodem is a bit flaky over TCP sometimes.

 > I've never had a problem with zmodem over TCP.  Over the years I've
 > run some pretty out there config's with virtual pc's, emulation,
 > various hacks to run x86 on arm etc etc.  Also use a really old and
 > broken phone as my internet connection when in the woods and in
 > umpteen years of doing this I've only ever lost a QWK packet due to
 > user error never due to zmodem. (Sure sometimes, there are so many
 > errors in the download that it keeps restarting, but it does
 > eventually complete!)

 >  B> One protocol which is good for asynchronous transfer and "sometimes
 >  B> on" connecctions is NNCP.  It is based on UUCP, Unix-Unix copy, but
 >  B> incorporates encryption and can be mixed with over-the-wire
 >  B> transfers and physical transfer

 > I will check NNCP out though as it sounds interesting.

 > ... Photographers do it with a shutter.




my experience over the past 27+ years of bbsing on the internet is some 
people have problems with zmodem over tcp, and some dont.  I have seen with my 
own eyes when people have problems.  myself, i've never had a program.  I 
probably have done more uploads and downloads than most people.


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