Hello mark!

24 Jun 15, mark lewis wrote to Kai Richter:

 KR>> I never heard of QWK networks,

 ml> that's ok...

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

 ml> no... the PCRELAY/RIME network (mainly PCBoard systems) was completely
 ml> QWK...

Why don't you call it RIME when you are talking about RIME networking? ;)
I wouldn't call ftn networks squish or jam networking and QWK networking is
same confusing.

 ml> the main difference between an end user and another system was
 ml> that a system was allowed to post messages with different user
 ml> names...

Then the same limitations apply and it still was a point to point protokoll
where one BBS became "user" and fetched mail from another BBS via QWK?

 ml> it appears to me that golded can be used like bluewave or multimail
 ml> where it can accept QWK mail and (unlike the others) unpacks it into
 ml> JAM or SQUish or whatever message bases...

I don't think so. Golded is no tosser, it can access the message base which is
for QWK the QWK file set and generate a QWK standard answer packet.

Maybe move/copy mails from the QWK files into sqd or jam echoarea is possible.

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

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

 ml> random name choosing is not a good thing when it comes to posting
 ml> messages...

Nobody wrote about random names. The thing is called random system and i hope
you don't think the creator was that stupid to create random names.

"No" means no to your "no way". To be clear i said there is a way.
Looks like my english is more worse than i thought. ;)

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

 ml> too bad that one cannot configure an area to use a specific username
 ml> by default...

That is exactly what you can.

The random system chooses between two given origin definitions randomly. What
would happen if the is one origin definition only? What would happen if there
is one username definition only?

 ml> that would allow for what is being asked for... in areas xyz, i want
 ml> to use this name by default

group xyz
username "this name"
endgroup

 ml> but in areas pdq i want to use another name...

group pdq
username "another name"
endgroup

would do your wish. xyz and pdq must be exact echotags and be before other
wildcarded echotags. In the random system the first hit counts.

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

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

I never thought someone could believe that random names could be a reasonable
feature. :)

Even the AKA keyword in the random system isn't choosen randomly. Multiple AKAs
gives the option for a menu to select one AKA from. I never tried with
usernames but i think it's the same.

good bye

Kai

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