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   Jeff Smith to Janis Kracht   
   FTP Fido via BBBS?   
   22 Apr 16 17:43:24   
   
   Hello Janis.   
      
   22 Apr 16 14:44, you wrote to me:   
      
    JK> Hi Jeff,   
      
    >> I guess I never paid that much attention. Is BBBS capable of   
    >> providing a Fido or FTN feed via FTP? I had a recent  request for an   
    >> FTP feed but haven't upto this point looked at that capability.   
    >> Least not since the John Souvestre days.   
      
    >> I know that BBBS can call out via FTP. I have written several bash   
    >> scripts tha will do that. But haven't looked at BBBS  being capable   
    >> of feeding downlinks via FTP. I have ProFTPd  installed but it is a   
    >> little overkill for the task. Anyone  have thoughts?   
      
    JK> See my reply to Robert that I just posted.. I use bbbs's ftp daemon to   
    JK> deliver and pick up from a few nodes.   
      
    JK> This is the command file I use for one of them:   
      
    JK> ftp.fidonet.ca   
    JK> user   
    JK>    
    JK> put 1:140/3   
    JK> cd ..   
    JK> quit   
      
    JK> This is nicer than say proftpd, etc. because you specify the node   
    JK> number as I do above and all traffic for that node goes out, etc..  A   
    JK> simple line in the [node remap] section is also used for this.  Please   
    JK> see my note to Robert though for more details or search in sysop.gui   
    JK> for batch ftp.   
      
   Does this work for incoming ftp sessions too? I can how it works for outgoing   
   as I have already written some very simular scripts to send mail out.   
      
    JK> Take care,   
    JK> Janis   
      
    JK> --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2   
    JK>  * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)   
      
   Jeff   
      
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