On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Nicholas Boel wrote to Bill McGarrity:

 NB> As for actually receiving a file you have requested, I would guess
 NB> that the  mailer would just pull the file out of the directory it
 NB> resides in, without  even having to read any of the Synchronet
 NB> databases.

exactly! the only time something like that would be desirable is if one
wants to increment download counters and maybe award file credits to the
uploader of the requested file(s)... some sysops want to do this while
others don't care about it... of course, to do thi requires intimate
integration with the bbs software being used...

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