ph> So it sounds like I can place packets for a node in a directory   
    ph> and each time packets are placed there I can call the program   
    ph> above and ask it to be sent to that node and (for example) set   
    ph> the status to HOLD.   
      
   If you create an STQ spool directory, FD will send whatever matches your   
   specified filemask. But it's FD doing the sending of course. If the   
   destination system calls your system, FD will serve those files to the calling   
   system.   
      
    ph> Each time I place packets in the directory for that node do I   
    ph> need to call the creation of a spool entry?   
      
   No. A spool entry does what the name implies. Anything that is in there, and   
   matches the filemask you specified when you created the spool entry will be   
   sent. You do not need to re-create the spool entry.   
      
    ph> Does it matter if I created a new spool entry record each time   
    ph> packets were placed in the directory?   
      
   Create it manually from the prompt. To see if FD understands it, set the   
   status options to IMMEDIATE and/or CRASH and/or DIRECT. Put a file in the   
   spool directory and fire up FD. It should attempt to call the destination   
   system. That verifies that FD sees it.   
      
   Some notes on STQ spool entries:   
      
   - FD will NOT send files with the read-only attribute bit set.   
      
   - If a file cannot be sent, FD will report this in the log (of course), and   
   set the file attribute of the failed file to read-only.   
      
    ph> 1) pull incoming compressed or raw packets from nodes sending to   
    ph> FD from the files and secfiles directories.   
      
   Yes.   
      
    ph> 2) send outbound compressed/raw packets to nodes by placing them   
    ph> a directory of my choice and calling from a .bat file the create   
    ph> spool process.   
      
   Yes. But see above, you only need to create the spool entry once :) You can,   
   however, also use the STQ as a place for "normal" control records, i.e. file   
   attaches, file requests, etc. The STQ in FD can replace the NetMail .MSG   
   folder for things like file attachments, and so on.   
      
      
      
    -joho   
      
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