-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Bruce Clark <=-

 BC> BBSNETS BBS apparently is having temporary problems with its'
 BC> QWK packet download system.
 
 BC> (Error opening d:\wc5\wcwork\node3\qwk\BBSNETS.ptr)

 ML> ouch! if you are seeing that as an error message from the bbs
 ML> software, that's ugly... no user should ever see any local directory
 ML> stuff from an online system... that's a major security risk if ever
 ML> there was one... 

I think his system only lets you see that to know why the requested 
transfer won't take place, otherwise some people would try the 
download over, and over, and over, and .... 
There's no way you can actually access that file directly. 

Being able to upload a PTR is part of the QWK configuration menu. 
You can do the configuration offline, then upload the PTR file, 
saving long distance fees in the old days. 

That's another reason I'm a regular at BBSNETS. 
Back then Juxtaposition was still $0.05/min long distance when 
BBSNETS was telnet. 
I would go to Juxta for the AnimeNet messages, then telnet to 
BBSNETS for the FidoNet messages. 
Eventually Todd added all the AnimeNet echoes to BBSNETS and I 
could get everything at the one place. 
AnimeNet was removed from BBSNETS a year or so ago, due to no 
message traffic. It had all gone to the internet newsgroups. 


 ML> i haven't seen anything from todd cochrane in quite a while...

Last I heard, the military was keeping him busy, what with all that 
is going on in the middle east and Korea. 

Bruce Clark 

 
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