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  • Binkley style access for QWKnet

    From Retroswim@21:2/121 to All on Tue Apr 1 10:57:02 2025
    Heya!

    I would like to offer DOVEnet on my board, but I am constrained by Ezycom's
    QWK support. I think.

    Support exists for users to exchange QWK packets for offline
    reading/writing, as well as something called BlueWave, but it doesnt seem
    like thats appropriate for a QWKnet scheme. Unless I'm missing something obvious?

    When I write to an echo area, I can provide arbitrary names in the To field, but non-echo/netmail areas validate against the local userbase, which seems
    to be a deal breaker.

    Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but is there a binkley style method to send/poll DOVEnet with binkd? Or maybe I'm thinking about it all wrong,
    and barking up the wrong tree?

    Keen to learn, and perhaps gain some insight!

    Cheers
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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Retroswim on Tue Apr 1 21:16:34 2025
    Re: Binkley style access for QWKnet
    By: Retroswim to All on Tue Apr 01 2025 10:57 am

    Howdy,

    I would like to offer DOVEnet on my board, but I am constrained by Ezycom's QWK support. I think.

    I can feed you DOVEnet via FTN if that helps...


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  • From Retroswim@21:2/121 to deon on Tue Apr 1 21:02:34 2025
    I can feed you DOVEnet via FTN if that helps...

    That would be cool actually! If it's no trouble of course!

    Cheers
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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to RETROSWIM on Tue Apr 1 08:17:00 2025
    I can feed you DOVEnet via FTN if that helps...

    That would be cool actually! If it's no trouble of course!

    I have it set up here already, if Deon doesn't. I currently feed four
    other systems that way.


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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Retroswim on Wed Apr 2 08:03:31 2025
    Re: Binkley style access for QWKnet
    By: Retroswim to deon on Tue Apr 01 2025 09:02 pm

    howdy,

    I can feed you DOVEnet via FTN if that helps...

    That would be cool actually! If it's no trouble of course!

    Sure, register yourself at my mailer https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au, and let me know when you done. I'll give you a node number and then you'll be good to go.


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  • From Retroswim@21:1/100 to deon on Wed Apr 2 11:24:04 2025
    Sure, register yourself at my mailer https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au,
    and let me know when you done. I'll give you a node number and then
    you'll be good to go.

    Thanks! I've done that, but I think I might have registered myself twice or something?

    I added system #2187, but later found system #2182 already existed. Oops!

    I can't seem to edit or delete anything, so let me know what I can do or provide to get everything sorted. SEEN-BY: 2/100 121
    SEEN-BY: 1/100 101 102 103 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 SEEN-BY: 1/118 119 120 121 122 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 133 135 136 137 SEEN-BY: 1/138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 152 153 155 156 SEEN-BY: 1/157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 166 168 169 171 172 174 175 176 177 SEEN-BY: 1/178 181 182 183 186 187 188 189 190 191 193 194 195 197 198 199 200 SEEN-BY: 1/201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 SEEN-BY: 1/219 220 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 234 235 236 237 SEEN-BY: 1/238 239 240 241 242 244 245 246 247 248 249 616 995 2/100 100 101 SEEN-BY: 2/102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 118 119 120 SEEN-BY: 2/121 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 SEEN-BY: 2/138 140 141 142 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 156 157 158 SEEN-BY: 2/159 160 161 162 165 167 168 1202 3/100 4/100 106 5/100 6/100
  • From Retroswim@21:2/121 to deon on Wed Apr 2 12:44:16 2025
    I'll try this again, because my message to FSX_TST worked okay.

    I have noticed that my FSE suddenly stopped offering taglines. I wonder why??

    "Hmmmmmmm I've got to think!"

    Cheers.
    --- Ezycom V2.15g0 01FD0295
    * Origin: >> Pool's Open - The RetroSwim BBS (21:2/121)
  • From deon@21:2/116 to Retroswim on Wed Apr 2 15:17:43 2025
    Re: Binkley style access for QWKnet
    By: Retroswim to deon on Wed Apr 02 2025 11:24 am

    Howdy,

    Thanks! I've done that, but I think I might have registered myself twice or something?

    I added system #2187, but later found system #2182 already existed. Oops!

    I can't seem to edit or delete anything, so let me know what I can do or provide to get everything sorted. SEEN-BY: 2/100 121

    This message came to me garbled - with a bunch of SEEN-BY's - so not sure if any of it was truncated.

    But with what I've got - all good, I'll merge your systems together, thanks for letting me know.

    I've given you a dovenet FTN address, head back to the site and add your security, and then you can subscribe to areas (or send netmail areafix messages).

    Let me know if you get stuck ... (hopefully it should all be self explanatory).


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  • From deon@21:2/116 to Retroswim on Wed Apr 2 15:22:27 2025
    Re: Binkley style access for QWKnet
    By: deon to Retroswim on Wed Apr 02 2025 03:17 pm

    Howdy,

    Let me know if you get stuck ... (hopefully it should all be self explanatory).

    Oh, forgot to mention as well, you can also use an EMSI mailer (with zmodem) if you want as well - it should work, but zmodem is somewhat unrealiable over TCP - especially if one side is slower than the other.

    I've got Portal of Power in front of my Ezycom...


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  • From RetroSwim@21:2/150 to deon on Wed Apr 2 02:16:24 2025
    Maybe I'll look at that in the future, if BinkD gives me more grief!

    For now though, everything seems to be humming along. Thanks for your help!

    Cheers!

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  • From Tiny@21:1/700 to Retroswim on Fri Jul 18 05:56:49 2025
    Hi Retroswim,
    In a message to All you wrote:

    Support exists for users to exchange QWK packets for offline

    Ezycom's only support was for both QWK and Bluewave as an offline
    mail reader.

    To get Dovenet on your ezycom board, the best way is to ask a
    sysop who runs Synchronet if they can create a "fakenet" and send
    it to you via FTN. I did that for years and years.

    Shawn

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to TINY on Fri Jul 18 11:02:15 2025
    To get Dovenet on your ezycom board, the best way is to ask a
    sysop who runs Synchronet if they can create a "fakenet" and send
    it to you via FTN. I did that for years and years.

    I offer that service here... Dovenet via FTN... if someone is looking for
    it.


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  • From Retroswim@21:2/121 to Tiny on Mon Aug 4 16:03:38 2025
    To get Dovenet on your ezycom board, the best way is to ask a sysop
    who runs Synchronet if they can create a "fakenet" and send it to
    you via FTN. I did that for years and years.

    Thanks! I managed to get connected through Deon's "Clearing Houz", which does exactly that, makes DOVE look like any other FTN.

    Cheers,
    RetroSwim

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