BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: New offline QWK mail
De:       Boraxman
Data:     Thu, 9 Apr 2026 23:03:14 +1000
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  hbRenb: hcRe: New offline QWK mail
  bBynb: hcMRO bto cTiny bon cWed Apr 08 2026 07:21 amn

 >   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 
 > own eyes when people have problems.  myself, i've never had a program.  I
 > probably have done more uploads and downloads than most people.
 > 
 > 
 > --
 > "Before using Wildcat....This Company did not have a convenient way of
 > looking after some of the richest clients in the world...Now we do!"
 > 
 > 
 > President of BBS Sysop's Union +++ https://bbses.info/union
PErhaps latency is an issue?  I'm in Australia, so some American BBS's have a
bit of a ping time.  Perhaps that is an issue, timing...
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