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|    Seth Hurst to Alan Ianson    |
|    Re: questions    |
|    01 Aug 22 17:11:25    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 19579.othernet@1:103/705 274dc400       REPLY: 1:153/757.1 62e83637       PID: Synchronet 3.19c-Win32 master/a302a01b1 Jul 7 2022 MSC 1929       TID: SBBSecho 3.15-Linux master/c4fe3cf5f Jul 10 2022 GCC 8.3.0       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: UTF-8 4       On 8/1/22 16:18, Alan Ianson wrote:       > Hello Seth,       >        > SH> Is it possible to run a test net for playing with out running a BBS       > SH> software? Kind of wanting to skip the menus for screenreaders/tts       > SH> devices. Is there a good reason for ftn vs qwk?       >        > You could get yourself a point and do it that way. A point software has a       mailer and message reader so you basically do what a BBS does (toss & scan       messages) without a BBS.       >        > QWK is simpler. You can use any QWK reader.       >        > WinPoint might be a good place to start, you can grab it from..       >        > http://winpoint.org down at the bottom of that page.       >        > SH> Also what does it mean for a ftp based feed? One of the othernets on       > SH> here said that they host nodes via a ftp link.       >        > That just means they transfer mail and files using ftp instead of a mailer.       >        > Ttyl :-),       > Al       >        > ... Done't be sexist - Broads hate that!       > --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20220504       > * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.1)       I'm running linux so it would have to be a linux software.       --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 18/200 90/1 102/401 103/1 17 705 105/81       SEEN-BY: 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/305 330 331 153/7715 214/22 218/0       SEEN-BY: 218/1 109 530 650 700 810 840 850 860 870 880 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 111 112 113 200 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470       SEEN-BY: 229/550 664 700 266/512 280/464 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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