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* lastely i would say use a feature like the in channel (or pm) !request <nick> <file> to allow quick and easy file downloads.


I have to agree this is really a better solution to "improving" fserves.
It should be little effort to make a list of the files you have using the findfile command (one would guess they are all in the same format and in the same directory making this even easier) and setting up a simple remote to deal with the on *:text:!request *:#philosophy:{
While it would be visually attractive to have the icons and so on of the explorer interface, it isnt needed in what is essentially a chat program, and is easily scripted to be simpler than a fserve for those in #philosophy.