Hi Doug,

> Like a mailer/tosser(fido) that would
> interact with a current phpbbs setup to import/export messages?
> It wouldnt need be "PHP" except for portability.

Yea -- more or less... :)

I'm thinking that if it can use a Fidonet compatible news server, then the 
configuration for the sysop/admin would be minimal.  He / she wouldn't have 
to fuss too much regarding a learning curve for all this old St. Louis 
technology (better marketing point for the non-fido world).

As Robert & I were discussing in this thread, there is already a program 
someone wrote for this function. It was designed to pull and toss to and 
from a Newserver into PHP.  But, as Robert pointed out, it has some errors 
and it appears as all development on the app has stopped.

It's called "NewsSync" and Robert gave it a try (do you have the URL handy 
Robert?), and discovered that it has some errors.

The following is a quote from Robert regarding the application, "It imported 
the last 500 messages from FidoNews under one subject.  Additionally, it 
re-imports messages sent out back into the phpBB database so every sent 
message is duped. New posts from the Hub system's JamNNTPd system are being 
imported into the initial imported subject instead of starting a new topic 
as is expected."

So, taken from that, it has the following problems.

1. Subject line parsing error & possibly a thread issue
    (my comment) Probably a simple pointer error ... (best guess)

2. Re-imports messages
    (my comment) no error checking!

Robert -- was it an executable or was it pure PHP code?  Hopefully just PHP 
code!!!

Warmest regards,
Shannon




 wrote in message news:1130190320.233.0{at}fidotel.com...
> Shannon Talley -> Doug Connor wrote:
> ST> Hi Doug,
>
> ST> I'm thinking that working on the existing PHPBB might be better 
> served.
> ST> For
> ST> instance, if we are able to make the existing phpBB script work then 
> we
> ST> might be able to convince some (or perhaps many) administrators to 
> carry
> ST> fidonet on some of the more popular forum sites by providing a simple,
> ST> "add-on".
>
> ST> What do you think?
> Hey ok I can relate.
> Like a mailer/tosser(fido) that would
> interact with a current phpbbs setup to import/export messages?
> It wouldnt need be "PHP" except for portability.
>
>
>
> ST> Shannon
>
> ST>  wrote in message news:1130141184.233.0{at}fidotel.com...
>
> >> Robert Couture -> Doug Connor wrote:
> RC>>> Hello Doug.
>
> RC>>> 23 Oct 05 16:01, you wrote to me:
>
> RC>>>>> Not really.  I still like the idea of tossing
to a phpBB SQL
> RC>>>>> database. Hmmm ... I will have to sudy PHP and
see what it's
> RC>>>>> capabilities are. Maybe I can see if it could
be made to do the
> RC>>>>> SQL  Pkt stuff on it's own.
>
> DC|>>>> I'm sure it could be done.
> DC|>>>> I started reading a "how-to-php" book i
bought i got burnt out
> >> quick
> DC|>>>> on that one. but it came with a cd :) php + mysql softwares.
>
> RC>>> Heh ... I just need to get into the learning mode.
> >> I havent had mood for years :(
>
>
> DC|>>>> er you know I run vadv-php right?
>
> RC>>> No I did not ... do you have an URI, please?
> >> http://php.vtdl.net  was the origonal location.
> >> but I lost the web page stuff in a hdd crash and I havent had
> >> the desire to redo them. so everything points at the bbs now.
> >> the google bots etc all know where the files area is though.
> >> persistant buggers those bots.
>
>
> DC|>>>> Steve Winn has coded all the dos bbs routines into
php routines.
> DC|>>>> the php page runs beside the telnet shareing the
bbs dir and 
> files.
> DC|>>>> (maybe not all):)
>
> RC>>> That sounds good :)
>
> >> The message and file areas are good, but the doors require a telnet
> >> login.
> >> the bbs is used mostly by sysops now, network apps and probs.
>
>
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