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     Re: Getting files   
     By: Alan Beck to all on Sat May 02 2020 13:58:40   
      
      
    AB> I notice there are files to be had around.   
      
    AB> ALLFIX is what it is called.   
      
   allfix and similar tools are TIC processors... TIC files accompany files that   
   are automatically distributed by hatching them into a FDN (File Distribution   
   Network)...   
      
    AB> Could someone explain to me what I have to do to get these files.   
      
   if your Boss node allows, you would talk to allfix/filefix in the same manner   
   you talk to areafix to turn on/off echomail areas...   
      
    AB> Also, how many files would it take to bother my Boss Node?   
      
   that depends on your Boss node operator... but generally speaking, if you   
   enable a FDN area, you will get all new files hatched in that area just like   
   you get all new messages that arrive in a message area... this is all   
   automatic and handled during the tossing phase... if your Boss node has an   
   problem with the number of files being sent, they will have configured   
   limitations in their TIC processor but limitations like this are generally   
   limited only to FREQing files...   
      
      
   FREQing files is another method of getting files... you FileREQest files   
   individually from systems that offer them... this is also done via netmail and   
   the file transfer is handled /during/ the connection that delivers the netmail   
   to the system you are FREQ files from... FREQ netmails must go direct/crash to   
   the system they are for... they are not routed because intermediate systems   
   would lose track of where the file is destined... FREQs are point-to-point (no   
   pun intended) between the requester and the provider...   
      
      
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