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   Message 14,803 of 16,774   
   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.   
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