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   Benny Pedersen to Maurice Kinal   
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   17 Jul 21 21:09:36   
   
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   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 :)   
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