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    From CloudDancer@21:3/226 to All on Wed Feb 11 10:05:25 2026
    Howdy all,

    Can someone explain how the "Web" Download of files works (so that I can determine why it doesn't work on my setup).

    I tag files, when I chose "Download" I have option for (W)eb or (Enter) for protocols.

    When I hit W, I get a URL, like so: http://bbs.silfenpath.com/dlreq?6dd0f7b6

    My web server in Mystic is active, so when I go to this URL, it does work, but all I get in the body of the page is a number: 1...

    Other than that, it's a blank page ... Seems like I may be missing some sort of a file or template in web directory which would be used to display this?

    Not quite sure. Thanks in advance.

    |15C|13l|05oud|15D|13a|05ncer
    |08 @ 911:1614/0 .. 21:3/226 .. 1:226/20 .. 46:1/117 .. 1337:3/224

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -= bbs.silfenpath.com | Columbus, Ohio (USA) =- (21:3/226)
  • From CloudDancer@21:3/226 to CloudDancer on Wed Feb 11 10:19:40 2026
    Hmm,

    So I searched the webs for "dlreq" and "mystic bbs" and found some interesting .txt files on some random ftp server which I put into my web server's "cfg" folder - so now things display as expected ... Lol ...

    mystic@SilfenPath-BBS:~/bbs/webroot/cfg$ pwd
    /home/mystic/bbs/webroot/cfg

    SSmystic@SilfenPath-BBS:~/bbs/webroot/cfg$ ls -lha
    total 28K
    drwxrwxr-x 2 mystic mystic 4.0K Feb 11 10:11 .
    drwxrwxr-x 4 mystic mystic 4.0K Jan 23 19:50 ..
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 mystic mystic 188 Dec 19 2018 dlreq_error.txt
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 mystic mystic 27 Dec 14 2018 dlreq_footer.txt
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 mystic mystic 173 Dec 20 2018 dlreq_header.txt
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 mystic mystic 80 Dec 20 2018 dlreq_mid.txt

    So with these file in the right folder, I now can see the page properly and download the zip file ;)

    HOWEVER, is this written/noted anywhere at all? I did not see this in any readme/whatsnew files and such, and it was sheer luck I found files via Google.

    Also, on some other BBSs I noticed these will expire after some time ... Where does one set that timer?

    Cheers!

    |15C|13l|05oud|15D|13a|05ncer
    |08 @ 911:1614/0 .. 21:3/226 .. 1:226/20 .. 46:1/117 .. 1337:3/224

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -= bbs.silfenpath.com | Columbus, Ohio (USA) =- (21:3/226)