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|    Benny Pedersen to Maurice Kinal    |
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|    17 Jul 21 21:09:36    |
      MSGID: 2:230/0 60f34876       TZUTC: 0000       REPLY: 1:153/7001 60f2685a       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17       Hello Maurice!              17 Jul 2021 05:19, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:               MK> Me neither. As far as I can tell I only have lynx that works at the         MK> moment although I probably could write a bash script that uses netcat         MK> to create a client fidonet-ish app. There is a Net::Gopher module for         MK> perl and I've heard rumours of a python gopher module.              maybe pygopherd cloud be extended to client                 BP>> i would like to do the replacement for ftp:// to gopher:// with        BP>> it, so i can close that problem with ftp protocol        MK> Offhand I think ftp is the better option.              if both is READ only :)              but ftp clients try logins and if its possible to ftp upload crap              then gopher wins               BP>> i dont know much on how to build gopher pages yet        MK> Other than a client script for kermit, I havem't used gopher in         MK> roughly 30 years now.              you tell me after 30 years ?               BP>> feel free to send me example pages in netmail to test with        MK> This is your idea not mine but if I get more curious about it I might         MK> try something out that may or may not be of any interest to your goal         MK> for it.              my touch is to change filebase to be in gopher root dir as it was on ftp here,       so gopher://fido.junc.eu/pub/ will be with same content as ftp:/       ftp:ftp@fido.junc.eu/pub :)               MK> I can't see this idea catching on though beyond a server and         MK> a few clients on smartphones.              this is my goal               MK> Gopher might be a better option than         MK> sms messaging and the such. Is that what you're thinking?              mo i have jabber server for this              me@xmpp.junc.eu if you like to connect                      Regards Benny              ... too late to die young :)       --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.12.17-gentoo-dist (x86_64))        * Origin: gopher://fido.junc.eu/ (2:230/0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 114/709 120/340 123/131       SEEN-BY: 124/5016 129/305 154/10 201/0 203/0 124 412 218/700 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 428 452 550 616       SEEN-BY: 229/700 1016 1017 230/0 150 240/1120 5832 249/206 317 400       SEEN-BY: 261/38 280/464 5003 282/464 1038 288/100 292/854 8125 301/0       SEEN-BY: 301/1 101 113 812 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1 920/1 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 5020/545 5058/104       PATH: 230/0 203/0 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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