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   MSGID: 55244.sync@1:103/705 2d75621d   
   REPLY: 55233.sync@1:103/705 2d74cd6b   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/955e50fea Aug 10 2025 GCC 14.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.31-Linux master/d39e01091 Nov 03 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: PALANTIR   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   -=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-   
      
    DM>   Re: Re: NNTP(S) via Thunderbi   
    DM>   By: Gamgee to Accession on Fri Nov 07 2025 09:15 pm   
      
    > Yes, understood.  The "put" direction makes good sense to me.  I have a   
    > question about the "get" side though - What causes the BBS to know to   
    > pack up all the new messages into a QWK packet though?  Does just the   
    > act of requesting .qwk cause that to happen?   
      
    DM> Yes, correct.   
      
    > I was thinking I'd   
    > have to somehow "tell" the BBS to create the new QWK packet, and *then*   
    > grab it with wget/ftp.   
      
    DM> No, it happens on demand. The *.qwk file that appears in the FTP   
    DM> directory listing is just a virtual file. A "get" (RETR) of the file   
    DM> actually signals the sbbs event thread to create the packet, on demand,   
    DM> so there is a bit of delay before the file transfer actually starts   
    DM> (which is fine).   
      
   Perfect.  Thank you for that explanation, Digital Man!   
      
      
      
      
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