24 Jun 15 18:46, you wrote to me:

 KR> Hello mark!

 KR> 23 Jun 15, mark lewis wrote to Kai Richter:

 AI>>>> Some of the areas I have here are QWK networks. Does Golded+
 AI>>>> support QWK message areas?

 ml>> that's if one is downloading QWK packets... i think Alan is talking
 ml>> about raw message bases he has that are managed by QWK networking
 ml>> transfers and not end user QWK downloads...

 KR> Oh. I didn't note that, thanks and sorry. I never heard of QWK networks,

that's ok...

 KR> QWK is a point to point protocol between a BBS and an offline user.

no... the PCRELAY/RIME network (mainly PCBoard systems) was completely QWK...
the main difference between an end user and another system was that a system
was allowed to post messages with different user names... whereas a plain user
was only allowed to use their real name or maybe their handle...

 KR> It takes a snapshot of new unread messages from the BBS msgbase and
 KR> pack it into the QWK file. Due to the limitations i don't think that
 KR> the QWK format is suitable for message base requirements. But maybe
 KR> the QWK thing you are talking about is totally different.

it appears to me that golded can be used like bluewave or multimail where it
can accept QWK mail and (unlike the others) unpacks it into JAM or SQUish or
whatever message bases... replies are then packed into REP packets for
uploading to the bbs they originated from... i have not played with this but it
is how is seems to appear from a light reading of the configs...

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 ml>> so when starting a message reply or original, there's no way to edit
 ml>> the From name and From address?

 KR> No. There is a way. The random system is just the default auto-fill but
can

random name choosing is not a good thing when it comes to posting messages...
especially not when one is known by a nick name or handle...

 KR> be edited by cursor up too. Some keywords can be used many times, like
 KR> origin and aka, there is a change function and you can select from a
 KR> list to use one. I never tried, but i think USERNAME can be defined
 KR> many times too.

that would seem to be the key... plus the manual use of the arrow... too bad
that one cannot configure an area to use a specific username by default... that
would allow for what is being asked for... in areas xyz, i want to use this
name by default but in areas pdq i want to use another name...

 ml>> ? i haven't tried but i'm a long time TimED user and all we do there
 ml>> is to arrow UP or shift-TAB to move back through the fields and
 ml>> select from the choice box that comes up...

 KR> Yupp, that's common procedure. The random system of golded just adds some
 KR> kind of lazyness. ;) Together with templates you could have random mail
 KR> introduction lines or footers too.

i understand the random thing but i don't see it as being valid for specific
uses like the one being asked about ;)

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