From: nospam.mark.lewis@p73.f12.n3634.z1.binkp.net   
      
    On 2019 Aug 16 21:31:00, you wrote to Simon Geddes:   
      
    >> I've been experimenting with some offline mail readers - namely   
    >> Q-Blue 2.4 and NesQWK. Both seem to work well, and Q-Blue has the   
    >> added advantage of supporting BlueWave packets. I've been out of   
    >> the Amiga BBSing world for a long time, so not sure what the current   
    >> recommendation is for offline readers. I've read about the existence   
    >> of QWKE. Do any Amiga readers support this?   
      
    GT> Wasn't QWK files (packets?) something from BBSs?   
      
   BBSes still exist and yes, QWK offline mail packets are messages from BBSes...   
      
    GT> I would think that you would need something, like a BBS, to receive   
    GT> the email, package it up, for you to then download it from, read /   
    GT> reply / compose offline, and then subsequently upload to the BBS.   
      
   that's exactly how it works...   
      
    GT> So, what is going to be the server (BBS) side that you exchange email   
    GT> with?  Will it handle your SMTP email?   
      
   SMTP mail depends on the software used on the BBS... some do support it, others   
   do not... those that do not may be coerced into using it via packet   
   manipulation...   
      
    GT> Chances are good that I'm completely wrong.  In which case, I'd like   
    GT> to read a correction and learn something.   
      
   maybe the above helps?   
      
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