Subj : Re: 2023 > 2024
To   : apam
From : Blue White
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 09:09 am

 >  > On 30 Dec 2023, apam said the following...
 > The tricky part is distribution, everyone expects an ftp server that
 > can dynamically create a QWK file to download on request. In my mind
 > it would have made more sense to use HTTP, then you could just have a
 > php script or something create the qwk packet - but I don't know the
 > history.

The history goes back to dial-up days when you had to dial in and have
the dialing software run a script to exchange packets with the hub.  Some
BBSes may have had a more automated way of doing that, but it predates
the internet.

As for scripts, you can easily write scripts that use ftp also.  I have
scripts that cron runs that call ncftp to move packets from my DOS BBS
back/forth with a synchronet hub.
 


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