Hi Mystic SysOps,

Does your board offer the ability for your users to generate a web link to download files as an alternative to the "regular" protocols?

I've seen that on some boards where you can elect to have a temporary web download link generated that they can then click on to transfer via HTTP for faster speeds on larger files.

If you have done this, were you able to do it natively in Mystic (I couldn't figure it out based on the documentation) or did you use a mod? If modded, which did you use?

Thanks!

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On 29 Aug 2026, Knight Shadow said the following...

Hi Mystic SysOps,

Does your board offer the ability for your users to generate a web link
to download files as an alternative to the "regular" protocols?

I've seen that on some boards where you can elect to have a temporary web download link generated that they can then click on to transfer via HTTP for faster speeds on larger files.

If you have done this, were you able to do it natively in Mystic (I couldn't figure it out based on the documentation) or did you use a mod? If modded, which did you use?

It did, before I upgraded to a49. That was one of the features that seems to have broken with it. The other was if you change the email password for password recovery, it sets it to all caps and kind of breaks that too.

I've been thinking of trying to figure out a way to mod it into the system until he comes back and fixes it; it's been I think 3 years since a49's release? Just looked, about 2 1/2. I figure that's enough time for me to try and figure a mod way to get that working again.

I only even put any thought into it because even though I've got a warning asking people to please tell me what their username and email is so I can do this manually, it hardly ever happens. =\

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It did, before I upgraded to a49. That was one of the features that
seems to have broken with it. The other was if you change the email password for password recovery, it sets it to all caps and kind of
breaks that too.

Ah interesting, bummer.

I've been thinking of trying to figure out a way to mod it into the
system until he comes back and fixes it; it's been I think 3 years since a49's release? Just looked, about 2 1/2. I figure that's enough time for me to try and figure a mod way to get that working again.

Right on. If you do ever get to it, please let me know. I'll also see if I can do something as well.

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Hello Knight Shadow!

On 29 Aug 2026, Knight Shadow said the following...

If you have done this, were you able to do it natively in Mystic (I couldn't figure it out based on the documentation) or did you use a mod?

I'm using the built-in web server in Mystic for this. Although it only supports HTTP, not HTTPS, and Mystic appears to be finicky about source IP addresses, so I haven't been able to use Apache as a reverse proxy in front of it to get HTTPS support that way...

Have a look at this example, intended to be unpacked in your Mystic
directory (remember to edit webroot/www/index.html to e.g. change the redirection URLs there):

https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/files/webroot.zip

It is based on http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealpha/dlreq.zip but with
a few quirks fixed and a simple layout. (The original files are named *.ORIGINAL alongside the new ones.)

The web root path (e.g. /mystic/webroot/) also needs to be set in Servers --> Configure Servers --> Server Type: HTTP --> Root Path, and Active needs to be set to Yes (of course).

Hope this helps!

Best regards
Zip

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Hope this helps!

Oh wow, thanks for that. I'll give it a go, test it out on my end and then let you know!

Appreciate it!

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Hi Mystic SysOps,

Does your board offer the ability for your users to generate a web link to download files as an alternative to the "regular" protocols?

I've seen that on some boards where you can elect to have a temporary web download link generated that they can then click on to transfer via HTTP for faster speeds on larger files.

If you have done this, were you able to do it natively in Mystic (I couldn't figure it out based on the documentation) or did you use a mod? If modded, which did you use?

I'd love to see a generic win32 mod that did this... Just copy (and maintain alternatively) the files to the web server directory, spit out a url and
that's all it needs to do!

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Does your board offer the ability for your users to generate a web link
to download files as an alternative to the "regular" protocols?

I've seen that on some boards where you can elect to have a temporary web download link generated that they can then click on to transfer via HTTP for faster speeds on larger files.

If you have done this, were you able to do it natively in Mystic (I couldn't figure it out based on the documentation) or did you use a mod? If modded, which did you use?

Thanks!

2oFB HAD this functionality working great when I used Mystic to host my www site; since I've redesigned 20forbeers.com on my own server, it broke - and I need to get it fixed... like I need to fix 1oo other stupid issues. OMFG.



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Hello Knight Shadow!

On 31 Aug 2026, Knight Shadow said the following...

Oh wow, thanks for that. I'll give it a go, test it out on my end and
then let you know!

Appreciate it!

You're very welcome!

Best regards
Zip

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Hello Knight Shadow!

On 31 Aug 2026, Knight Shadow said the following...

Oh wow, thanks for that. I'll give it a go, test it out on my end and

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then let you know!

Appreciate it!

You're very welcome!

Ack, didn't get the previous message!

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You're very welcome!

Best regards
Zip

Ok I gave it a shot, but it is still not working for me. I am running on Windows if that matters.

I created the webroot under my c:\mystic folder and copied over the www and cfg folders from the zip you provided. Updated the index.html to redirect to my web site, created the HTTP server in mystic config and enabled it.

But when I go to a file on my board and try to download it, I don't see an option to download via web. It just lists the typical retro protocols like Y/Zmodem etc.

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