QWK (file format)
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qwk-file-format-251-10942112
title:
QWK (file format)
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QWK is a file-based offline mail reader format that was popular among bulletin board system (BBS) users, especially users of FidoNet and other networks that generated large volumes of mail. QWK was originally developed by Mark "Sparky" Herring in 1987 for systems running the popular PCBoard bulletin board system, but it was later adapted for other platforms. Herring died of a heart attack in 2020 after being swatted. During the height of bulletin board system popularity, several dozen offline ma
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Offline mail reader format
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWK_(file_format)
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2023-08-25T00:22:47Z
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