Hello,
I was wondering if qwk accounts were unable to post messages. I've been trying to set up a program to post a qwk packet through telneting but I keep getting "no permission to post" errors. Any advice or alternatives would be helpful.

candycane

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Re: qwk accounts unable to post?
By: candycane to All on Sun Aug 06 2023 03:40 am

Hello,
I was wondering if qwk accounts were unable to post messages. I've been trying to set up a program to post a qwk packet through telneting but I keep getting "no permission to post" errors. Any advice or alternatives would be helpful.

Are you referring to "QWKnet accounts"? Those are for QWK networking, so they're restricted to posting on QWK-networked sub-boards only. A regular (non-QWKnet) account can post (via QWK) any sub-board the sysop allows users to post to.

Regular users should use regular user accounts to upload QWK packets.
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Re: qwk accounts unable to post?
By: Digital Man to candycane on Sun Aug 06 2023 03:06 am

Re: qwk accounts unable to post?
By: candycane to All on Sun Aug 06 2023 03:40 am

Hello,
I was wondering if qwk accounts were unable to post messages. I've
been trying to set up a program to post a qwk packet through telneting
but I keep getting "no permission to post" errors. Any advice or
alternatives would be helpful.

Are you referring to "QWKnet accounts"? Those are for QWK networking, so they're restricted to posting on QWK-networked sub-boards only. A regular (non-QWKnet) account can post (via QWK) any sub-board the sysop allows users to post to.

Regular users should use regular user accounts to upload QWK packets.
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digital man (rob)

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Oh... are you allowed to set up a bot to post a qwk through a normal user account?

candycane

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Re: qwk accounts unable to post?
By: candycane to Digital Man on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:47 pm

Oh... are you allowed to set up a bot to post a qwk through a normal user account?

I suppose that's up to the sysop of the BBS in question, but unless you're abusing some rule about posting, I don't think anybody would care if it's posted by "a bot" or a human.
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