> Is there a way to use the PK-Ware compression library? I want to write a
> QWK reader, and QWK packets are zips, so I need a way to unzip them. Is
> AOL's unzipping code internal to the app, or is it in the library?
PKware's compression libraries are not even close to the same thing as
their zipfiles. They might use the same compression schemes, but they
use different data formats.
I don't know how AOL did it-- I didn't even know that they did offer
unzipping from within Geos.
> | Edward Di Geronimo Jr.
- -Billy
But one warning-- QWK is just about THE worst message format there is for
the internet. SOUP is just so much better it's not funny. QWK works OK
for certain types of BBSes, and that's it. QWK can't come close to
handling email addresses properly.