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howto:freq [2021/03/19 10:24] – a little refinement wkitty42howto:freq [2025/12/21 15:09] (current) – Detail how to send a FREQ from within Synchronet (as a user or sysop) digital man
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 +====== Freq ======
 +To send a FidoNet File Request netmail from within Synchronet, the user needs to either be a sysop or have the ''F'' [[access:exemptions|exemption]]. The file-requesting user then uses ''FR:<filename>'' as the subject of the netmail message and send it to ''user@<ftn-address>'', e.g. using the ''N'' command from the e-mail section/menu.
  
-this is a very rough draft. +===== Manual ===== 
- +This reminder of this page describes how to create a FTN style FREQ (FileREQ) and send it to a destination system. There are at least two methods this can be done with. Currently we will describe only one of those methods.
-====== Freq ====== +
-This page describes how to create a FTN style FREQ (FileREQ) and send it to a destination system. There are at least two methods this can be done with. Currently we will describe only one of those methods.+
  
 The first step is to create a .req (REQuest) file. This file contains the filenames of the files you are requesting, one filename per line. The first step is to create a .req (REQuest) file. This file contains the filenames of the files you are requesting, one filename per line.
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 the node 12  : 000c</code> the node 12  : 000c</code>
  
-So we would create or update a file named 0e32000c.flo in our outbound directory for fidonet zone 1. Inside this file we would list myfreq.req. If our default zone is zone 1 and our BSO is outbound, then we would create or update the file like so.+So we would create or update a file named 0e32000c.flo in our outbound directory for fidonet zone 1. Inside this file we would list myfreq.req. If our default zone is zone 1 and our BSO is outbound, then we would create or update the file like so. ((The '^' (caret) tells your BSO mailer to delete the req file after it has been sent. More details about FLO file formatting are available in the original Binkleyterm Mailer documentation.)) ((We used the ">>" method of redirection to add the echoed data to the files. This is so we do not destroy what may already be in them.))
  
 <code>echo ^/sbbs/tmp/myfreq.req >> /sbbs/ftn/outbound/0e32000c.flo</code> <code>echo ^/sbbs/tmp/myfreq.req >> /sbbs/ftn/outbound/0e32000c.flo</code>
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 When your BSO mailer scans its outbound directories and sees the file 0e32000c.flo, it will attempt to connect to 1:3634/12 and deliver the myfreq.req file. If 1:3634/12 has FREQ enabled, it will read the filenames from the .req file, and queue those files to send back to you during the current connection. When your BSO mailer scans its outbound directories and sees the file 0e32000c.flo, it will attempt to connect to 1:3634/12 and deliver the myfreq.req file. If 1:3634/12 has FREQ enabled, it will read the filenames from the .req file, and queue those files to send back to you during the current connection.
  
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-NOTES: 
-The '^' (caret) tells your BSO mailer to delete the req file after it has been sent. More details about FLO file formatting are available in the original Binkleyterm Mailer documentation. 
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-In the above you will note that we used the ">>" method of redirection to add the echoed data to the files. This is so we do not destroy what may already be in them. 
  
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