I enjoy the QWK Mail Utility with Synchronet, but I was curious as
to if additional "items" could be added to the QWK packet utility.
Right now, the only things are the list of C)onferences, and if there
is a list of new F)iles that have been uploaded.

In the past, I've been on other BBS's that have also had the following
items in the packet:

HELLO - A Welcome Screen, usually a logon ANSI.
NEWS - A System Newsletter or news bulletin.
BULLETIN - A list of updated bulletins (similar to the FILES deal now).
GOODBYE - A Logoff Screen, such as a list of other BBS's to call.

I mainly use Offline Express (OLX), because for whatever reason,
Multi-Mail for Windows kept crashing over here.

Daryl
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Re: QWK Mail Utility
By: Daryl Stout to All on Sun Apr 21 2019 09:30 am

I enjoy the QWK Mail Utility with Synchronet, but I was curious as

What is this "QWK Mail Utility"?

Nightfox

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Re: QWK Mail Utility
By: Daryl Stout to All on Sun Apr 21 2019 09:30 am

I enjoy the QWK Mail Utility with Synchronet, but I was curious as
to if additional "items" could be added to the QWK packet utility.
Right now, the only things are the list of C)onferences, and if there
is a list of new F)iles that have been uploaded.

In the past, I've been on other BBS's that have also had the following
items in the packet:

HELLO - A Welcome Screen, usually a logon ANSI.
NEWS - A System Newsletter or news bulletin.
BULLETIN - A list of updated bulletins (similar to the FILES deal now). GOODBYE - A Logoff Screen, such as a list of other BBS's to call.

Yes, Synchronet can/will include addtional files in the QWK packets. The files are copied from your sbbs text/qwk directory and currently only the following file names are supported/packed:

qwk/hello
qwk/bbsnews
qwk/goodbye
qwk/blt-*

There are (mostly) detailed here: http://synchro.net/docs/customization.html#MenusAndTextFiles


digital man

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I enjoy the QWK Mail Utility with Synchronet, but I was curious as

What is this "QWK Mail Utility"?

The QWK Mail Packet Transfer transfer option from the main menu.
That's the only way I do my messages on the BBS. I download them, read
them with Offline Express, then upload the replies. I do NOT read the
messages online.

Daryl
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Rob,

Yes, Synchronet can/will include addtional files in the QWK packets. The fil DM>are copied from your sbbs text/qwk directory and currently only the followin DM>file names are supported/packed:

qwk/hello
qwk/bbsnews
qwk/goodbye
qwk/blt-*

There are (mostly) detailed here: DM>http://synchro.net/docs/customization.html#MenusAndTextFiles

Cool!! Thank you very much!!

Daryl

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