Didn't see that mentioned when I downloaded it. Will have to check it out. I hope absinthe bbs has SSH; so I can use slymail with it :-)

Sounds like you can still use it with a BBS that doesn't have SSH or FTP
QWK downloading. You would download the QWK packet the "old fashioned
way" -- calling the BBS up in your terminal program and grabbing one --
and then fire this new QWK reader up to read the downloaded packet.

Mike
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Re: Re: New Offline Qwk Mail
By: MIKE POWELL to ERROL CASEY on Fri Mar 27 2026 08:53 am

Didn't see that mentioned when I downloaded it. Will have to check it out.
I
hope absinthe bbs has SSH; so I can use slymail with it :-)

Sounds like you can still use it with a BBS that doesn't have SSH or FTP QWK downloading. You would download the QWK packet the "old fashioned way" -- calling the BBS up in your terminal program and grabbing one -- and then fire this new QWK reader up to read the downloaded packet.

Yes, that's correct.

Nightfox

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On March 27 2026, MIKE POWELL wrote:

Didn't see that mentioned when I downloaded it. Will have to check it
out. I
hope absinthe bbs has SSH; so I can use slymail with it :-)

Sounds like you can still use it with a BBS that doesn't have SSH or
FTP
QWK downloading. You would download the QWK packet the "old fashioned way" -- calling the BBS up in your terminal program and grabbing one
--
and then fire this new QWK reader up to read the downloaded packet.

Yep. would just like some automation. But I can do it the old fashion way.

... Two can keep a secret if one is dead

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