With all the discussion about FREQ, I'd like to know if there's a definitive page on how to FREQ? I've been searching for months but with no luck. If not, can someone either send me a link to a file (without having to FREQ it!) or paste an example here please?

Thanks,
Scott

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With all the discussion about FREQ, I'd like to know if there's a definitive page on how to FREQ? I've been searching for months but with no luck. If not, can someone either send me a link to a file (without having to FREQ it!) or paste an example here please?

I think you can use golded to send the proper flag, or sbbs. Also, there are doors that will create them for you! Just search any BBS archive.

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On 17 Apr 2026, ogg said the following...

With all the discussion about FREQ, I'd like to know if there's a definitive page on how to FREQ? I've been searching for months but with no luck. If not, can someone either send me a link to a file (without having to FREQ it!) or paste an example here please?

Mystic doesn't support sending a FREQ out of the box.

What you'd have to do is make a file like "request.req" that has one filename per line. From there you'd have to setup the node you want to send the FREQ to in Mystic with a filebox & put that .req file in the filebox to be delivered.

Poll that node once to deliver the .req file and then poll again to receive the file.


Jay

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ogg wrote to All <=-

With all the discussion about FREQ, I'd like to know if there's a definitive page on how to FREQ? I've been searching for months but
with no luck. If not, can someone either send me a link to a file (without having to FREQ it!) or paste an example here please?

It's been a while for me, but IIRC, to request FREQ a file, you send a
netmail to the bot at the system you're requesting from with the subject of FREQ with the message body of FREQ <filename>.

-- Sean

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On 18 Apr 2026, digimaus said the following...

ogg wrote to All <=-

With all the discussion about FREQ, I'd like to know if there's a definitive page on how to FREQ? I've been searching for months but with no luck. If not, can someone either send me a link to a file (without having to FREQ it!) or paste an example here please?

It's been a while for me, but IIRC, to request FREQ a file, you send a netmail to the bot at the system you're requesting from with the subject of FREQ with the message body of FREQ <filename>.

-- Sean

Thank you!

Scott

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ogg wrote to All <=-

With all the discussion about FREQ, I'd like to know if there's a definitive page on how to FREQ? I've been searching for months but with no luck. If not, can someone either send me a link to a file (without having to FREQ it!) or paste an example here please?

It's been a while for me, but IIRC, to request FREQ a file, you send a netmail to the bot at the system you're requesting from with the subject of FREQ with the message body of FREQ <filename>.

The netmail also needs a file request flag. I don't know how to do that
other than with SBBS or a door.

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