Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
By: Al to wkitty42 on Fri Mar 19 2021 15:11:45
Wiki edit of http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:freq by wkitty42:
created first simplistic rough draft
You mentioned 2 methods and I am not sure what the other method
is but SBBS will send a file request to a node if you use the
subject with "FR: FILENAME.ZIP"
true... i was, however, speaking of the technical behind the scenes methods that BSO uses... sbbs will use one of those two methods to convert the "FR: file.name" to a .REQ and send it to the remote system...
the method i described and the other one are actually exactly the same except for the .REQ filename... the FLO file still needs to be touched so the mailer will see it and make the connection... the method i described adds the
.REQ file to the FLO file whereas the other method is just updating the FLO file's timedate stamp... i'll be updating the wiki page with more information as i figure more out about how to easily describe the methods in a
simple to understand way...
FWIW: AFAIK, the FR: method is only one file per so if you want 10 files, that's going to be 10 netmails which will be converted into 10 .REQs and 10 connections... maybe the FR: method does work with multiple filenames where
FR: file1 file2 file3
is converted to one REQ for the three files... idk, really... it would be great if it does but there is also the subject line field length limitation to consider... the method i describe, while being external to the BBS,
allows for many files to be listed in the .REQ and all handled in one connection...
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