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File Request
File Request [FidoNet] 1. /n./ The FidoNet equivalent of
FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and
snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated `FReq'; files
are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way
that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous
FTP" on the Internet. 2. /vt./ The act of getting a copy of a file
by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
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