To: Dennis Scott
  Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Dennis Scott to Rob Swindell on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:57 pm

 >  > doors, anyway), is a big hassle. It's much easier to just enforce a
 >  > maximum duration of user inactivity and keep the number of configured
 >  > nodes to some a number you'd reasonably expect to need for *active* user
 >  > connections.
 >
 > Is it realistic to have the BBS software dynamically open and close nodes as
 > necessary, similiar to the way that Apache does? If so, a Sysop could assign
 > say 5 nodes or so for doors and the rest of the nodes be dynamic if
 > necessary.

have you tried out synchronet? the way it handles nodes is just right.

 > What if there was a way for each Sysop to have an income from their BBS?
 > Maybe not getting rich but paying for their equipment and bandwidth, etc. I
 > think there is a way to do it and still keep the BBS system that's been
 > around for decades.
 >

not only can we not get people to pay for subscriptions for our bbses, over the years i have seen systems that were not successful in doing cash prizes and other gifts to get users to call.
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