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  • QWK Offline Reader

    From Dennis Scott@1:275/89 to All on Tue Feb 21 16:17:41 2023
    Does anyone know of an offline QWK reader?

    Preferably Windows 10 GUI if available.

    Thanks,
    Dennis
    --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
    * Origin: Diamond Mine Online BBS - bbs.dmine.net:24 (1:275/89)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Dennis Scott on Tue Feb 21 14:19:28 2023
    Does anyone know of an offline QWK reader?

    MultiMail is a good offline reader.

    Preferably Windows 10 GUI if available.

    MultiMail is a console app but it is available for DOS/Win32/win64/MacOS/Linux.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Travis Mehrer@1:134/303 to Dennis Scott on Tue Feb 21 16:01:21 2023
    Does anyone know of an offline QWK reader?

    Preferably Windows 10 GUI if available.

    Apam wrote a nice one, TitanMail. You can get it from the Talisman BBS website:

    https://talismanbbs.com/downloads/TitanMail/

    Travis 'blade' Mehrer

    ... I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: CaNerDUH BBS (1:134/303)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Travis Mehrer on Wed Feb 22 12:16:36 2023
    Travis Mehrer wrote to Dennis Scott <=-

    https://talismanbbs.com/downloads/TitanMail/

    Thanks for sharing that. I'll pass that information on to a few of my BBS users that were wanting a Windows GUI offline mail reader.

    - Sean

    ... WinErr 00D: Window closed: do not look outside.
    --- MMail/FreeBSD
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Dennis Scott@1:275/89 to Travis Mehrer on Sun Mar 5 14:56:09 2023
    Re: Re: QWK Offline Reader
    By: Travis Mehrer to Dennis Scott on Tue Feb 21 2023 04:01 pm

    Does anyone know of an offline QWK reader?

    Preferably Windows 10 GUI if available.

    Apam wrote a nice one, TitanMail. You can get it from the Talisman BBS websi

    https://talismanbbs.com/downloads/TitanMail/

    Travis 'blade' Mehrer

    ... I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

    Thanks Travis,

    I will say though that every alarm on my computer went off when downloading, installing, and then running TitanMail. Seems to be clean though. I guess modern antivirus software just don't know how to deal with old BBS-era software?

    Thanks,
    Dennis
    --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
    * Origin: Diamond Mine Online BBS - bbs.dmine.net:24 (1:275/89)
  • From Travis Mehrer@1:134/303 to Dennis Scott on Mon Mar 6 16:24:45 2023
    I will say though that every alarm on my computer went off when downloading, installing, and then running TitanMail. Seems to be clean though. I guess modern antivirus software just don't know how to deal
    with old BBS-era software?

    Good ol' Windows "Smart"Screen. It tends to go off a lot with BBS software mainly because it's so niche and Microsoft doesn't see a lot of downloads of it. But Andrew's software is good. And Open Source as a bonus.

    The Titan Mail code is located here as well:

    https://gitlab.com/apamment/titanmail/

    He also authors MagiTerm which is a great terminal software, Talisman BBS software and I think even a few door games.

    Travis

    ... I'd love to help you out. Which way did you come in?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: CaNerDUH BBS (1:134/303)