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     Re: Qwk Vs Ftn   
     By: Tom Moore to All on Wed Dec 04 2024 11:06 am   
      
    > It looks like my last message went to the wrong echo.   
    > Hope this one goes to the correct one this time.   
    >   
    > What are some good points and bad points of Ftn's vs Qwk networking?   
    > At this point from what I know Ftn allows for multiple levels of message   
    > distribution.   
    > When it comes to Qwk there seems to be a requirement for one system to be   
    > the central feed point for all nodes.   
      
   QWKnet can have a distributed star topology too. DOVE-Net used to, back in the   
   90s, be a very big International web of QWKnet hubs (to save LD phone   
   charges). But nowadays with everything on the Internet, there's not a big   
   reason to have such a distributed network.   
      
   The bad points of FTNs are complexity of setup, requiring a lot of different   
   software components and manual setup and maintenance. With QWK (and   
   Synchronet, in particular), it can be all automated. I've been running   
   DOVE-Net fully automated for decades. I don't have megabytes of mail waiting   
   for nodes that vanish and I don't have to approve or assign nodes or anything   
   like that. It's fully automated. And I can innovate (e.g. add voting/polling)   
   without getting a lot of flack.   
   --    
                                               digital man (rob)   
      
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