Hi Robert,   
      
   > The answer to your question, to the best of my knowledge, is no.  To do this,   
   > you would need a third party FTP server running and scripts written to move   
   > mail packets to and from your BBBS machine.   
      
   With the Linux version you can do it... I use this method now to deliver and   
   pick up from a few systems.  Documentation indicates that other OS's should be   
   able as well using a scripting language like Rexx.   
      
   From sysop.gui:   
      
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   BBBS BFTP - Batch FTP   
      
   BFTP can also be used to transfer FidoNet mail via FTP.  A few items need to   
   be configured in order to do, but they are rather straightforward.  Edit your   
   external.bbb's [node_remap] section and add something like:   
      
   ,1:140/14.0,fb,Edmonton,Vincent_Danen,bbs.freezer-burn.org,300   
      
   This tells BBBS that node 1:140/14 is available at the domain name   
   bbs.freezer-burn.org.  For more information (and other possibilities such as   
   different flags to use for telnet/binkp/etc. see the [node_remap] section).   
      
   An example commandfile:   
      
   bbs.freezer-burn.org   
   example_user   
   example_pw   
   cd in   
   put login.bsy   
   put 1:140/14   
   del login.bsy   
   cd ../out   
   put login.bsy   
   getdel *   
   del login.bsy   
   quit   
      
      
   To put the above into a working script (commandfile called "fb.ftp") you might   
   use:   
      
     #!/bin/sh   
     cd $BBBSDIR   
     if [ -f login.bsy ]; then   
       exit 0   
     fi   
     touch login.bsy   
     ./bbbs bftp fb.ftp /ftn/mail/in > /dev/null 2>&1   
     rm -f login.bsy   
     ./bbbs bogus w   
      
   This adds some extra security precautions.  The script will check for a The   
   script will check for a login.bsy file indicating that an ftp session is   
   already in place, and if it exists, it will abort the script.  If it doesn't   
   exist, BFTP is called (with all messages and error message being discarded)   
   and once it's done, login.bsy is once again removed.   
      
   The commandfile itself will upload/remove the login.bsy file on the ftp site   
   to indicate to the remote system that we are logged in and transferring files   
   (refer to your uplink for appropriate busy semaphores and where they should be   
   placed).  The above script is, of course, for linux, but the basic idea is   
   clear and can easily be adapted to another OS using REXX or batchfile   
   scripting.   
      
   Commands that can be used in FTP scripts are (full command can be used or only   
   capital letters in command to abbreviate):   
      
     Cd        Change directory   
     Dir       List files   
     Names     Get list of file names in directory   
     Get       Download files   
     Quit      Exit FTP   
     Site      Site specific commands   
     Type      Type (display) file to screen   
      
      
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   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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