> On the BBS I select the ReadNonStop option which flashes the
> messages across the screen, and on a daily basis is finished
> in about 1 to 3 min., depending on how heavy the traffic has
> been.  All the messages are captured for offline reading and
> I'm rarely on the BBS for more than 5 minutes.

JN>  I'm calling a Wildcat BBS which allows me to enter
JN>  "!joe nicholson password" and takes me directly to
JN>  the QWK door.  I enter "U" to upload a reply packet
JN>  if I have one.  Otherwise, or after upoading, I enter
JN>  "D" and "G" and I have my QWK packet and am off in
JN>  less than 40 seconds.  The "G" lets Wildcat hang up
JN>  after it downloads a QWK packet.

JN>  When I open the QWK packet in BlueWave, I can scan
JN>  to see if there are any new files I might want to
JN>  download next time I call (and the routinge above
JN>  would be slightly altered).  Then I go to the message
JN>  section and can leisurely or hurriedly read depending
JN>  on my mood and schedule.

JN>  The only thing I can't do using BW on a QWK system is
JN>  add and delete message areas to scan.  That has to be
JN>  done while on-line.

 I've written a script. I hit enter to start the
session and select Y or N for each option I have
in my script. I also have the script tell me
what it just did and if it was successful or not.

 "Y" is the default, so normally I hit "ENTER"
several times and finally "H" for hangup when I'm
done.

 I have the script look for certain things, and so
it only asks me to upload, for example, if there
is a .REP packet available. Otherwise, that
question will not appear.

 TTYL.

 Robert

 * SLMR 2.1a * It's a dog-eat-dog world and I'm wearing MilkBone shorts.
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5