Echomail (FidoNet + Dove-Net)

Echomail = old-school message networks shared across BBSes.

Two transports

• BinkP — the FidoNet TCP/IP standard. ANetBBS speaks BinkP
  natively (poll out, accept inbound).
• QWK — packet-based, popular for Dove-Net. ANetBBS can
  download / upload QWK packets over HTTP.

Setting up a network

Admin → Echomail Networks (/admin/echomail/):

1. Add Network — pick BinkP or QWK, give it a name, set your
   FTN address (e.g. 1:142/0), uplink address, password.
2. Add Areas to the network — each EchoArea has a tag like
   FIDO.GENERAL, a name, optional moderator address.
3. Subscribe to areas you want to read.

Per-user QWK offline reader

Anyone can grab their unread echomail as a .QWK packet, read it
offline in MultiMail / BlueWave / OLX, then upload a .REP packet
with replies.

URL: /qwk/. Download builds a fresh packet on demand. Upload
extracts MESSAGES.DAT and posts each reply as outbound echomail in
the matching area.

Per-board ↔ per-area

Boards and echomail areas are intentionally separate concepts:

• Boards — local discussion, threaded, with reactions.
• Echomail areas — networked message bases, FidoNet-style with
  origin/path lines, propagated to peers.

You can post to either independently.

Polling

The anetbbs-web process spins up a background poller that:

1. Reads EchomailNetwork rows.
2. For BinkP: polls each uplink at interval, exchanges packets.
3. For QWK: fetches new .QWK URLs on schedule.

Poll status visible at Admin → Echomail Networks → Polls.