Hello mark!   
      
   24 Jun 15, mark lewis wrote to Kai Richter:   
      
    KR>> I never heard of QWK networks,   
      
    ml> that's ok...   
      
    KR>> QWK is a point to point protocol between a BBS and an offline   
    KR>> user.   
      
    ml> no... the PCRELAY/RIME network (mainly PCBoard systems) was completely   
    ml> QWK...   
      
   Why don't you call it RIME when you are talking about RIME networking? ;)   
   I wouldn't call ftn networks squish or jam networking and QWK networking is   
   same confusing.   
      
    ml> the main difference between an end user and another system was   
    ml> that a system was allowed to post messages with different user   
    ml> names...   
      
   Then the same limitations apply and it still was a point to point protokoll   
   where one BBS became "user" and fetched mail from another BBS via QWK?   
      
    ml> it appears to me that golded can be used like bluewave or multimail   
    ml> where it can accept QWK mail and (unlike the others) unpacks it into   
    ml> JAM or SQUish or whatever message bases...   
      
   I don't think so. Golded is no tosser, it can access the message base which is   
   for QWK the QWK file set and generate a QWK standard answer packet.   
      
   Maybe move/copy mails from the QWK files into sqd or jam echoarea is possible.   
      
    ml>>> so when starting a message reply or original, there's no way to   
    ml>>> edit the From name and From address?   
      
    KR>> No. There is a way. The random system is just the default   
    KR>> auto-fill but can   
      
    ml> random name choosing is not a good thing when it comes to posting   
    ml> messages...   
      
   Nobody wrote about random names. The thing is called random system and i hope   
   you don't think the creator was that stupid to create random names.   
      
   "No" means no to your "no way". To be clear i said there is a way.   
   Looks like my english is more worse than i thought. ;)   
      
    KR>> be edited by cursor up too. Some keywords can be used many times,   
    KR>> like origin and aka, there is a change function and you can   
    KR>> select from a list to use one. I never tried, but i think   
    KR>> USERNAME can be defined many times too.   
      
    ml> too bad that one cannot configure an area to use a specific username   
    ml> by default...   
      
   That is exactly what you can.   
      
   The random system chooses between two given origin definitions randomly. What   
   would happen if the is one origin definition only? What would happen if there   
   is one username definition only?   
      
    ml> that would allow for what is being asked for... in areas xyz, i want   
    ml> to use this name by default   
      
   group xyz   
   username "this name"   
   endgroup   
      
    ml> but in areas pdq i want to use another name...   
      
   group pdq   
   username "another name"   
   endgroup   
      
   would do your wish. xyz and pdq must be exact echotags and be before other   
   wildcarded echotags. In the random system the first hit counts.   
      
    KR>> Yupp, that's common procedure. The random system of golded just   
    KR>> adds some kind of lazyness. ;) Together with templates you could   
    KR>> have random mail introduction lines or footers too.   
      
    ml> i understand the random thing but i don't see it as being valid for   
    ml> specific uses like the one being asked about ;)   
      
   I never thought someone could believe that random names could be a reasonable   
   feature. :)   
      
   Even the AKA keyword in the random system isn't choosen randomly. Multiple   
   AKAs gives the option for a menu to select one AKA from. I never tried with   
   usernames but i think it's the same.   
      
   good bye   
      
   Kai   
      
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