• Re: New offline QWK mail

    From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Retroswim on Sun Apr 12 11:20:55 2026
    Re: Re: New offline QWK mail
    By: Retroswim to Boraxman on Sat Apr 11 2026 04:53 pm

    Yes, but zmodem is a bit flaky over TCP sometimes.

    I thought it wasn't so much TCP, but the fact it's quite often ZModem over Telnet over TCP.

    In which case, there is overlap between ZModem control sequences and Telnet control sequences, and they interfere causing transfers to go whacky.

    If the terminal client and board are Telnet-aware, it usually works really well.

    The issues grow with "Wifi-232" modems, and Telnet-Fossil bridges, where the sides need to agree on how Telnet control sequences are to be escaped.

    Cheers,
    RetroSwim
    I have had issues with ZModem over SSH over TCP when transferring within my home network, and it was escape sequences. The -e option to escape control characters fixes it.

    That should be Zmodem over Screen over SSH over TCP!

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  • From Serhii Tkachenko@VERT to Boraxman on Thu Apr 23 13:29:05 2026
    Re: Re: New offline QWK mail
    By: Boraxman to Lonewolf on Sun Apr 12 2026 11:18 am

    Nice, thanks for confirming.
    I have just started exploring Synchronet from a revived Fido setup.
    Good to see this is still alive.

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