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to: Thom Lacosta
from: Winston Smith
date: 2003-04-22 18:40:06
subject: [--- BBS ? ---]

TL> Oh my...sorry about that....the BBS(BBBS) is located at
TL> www.fidonet.us:8080

Thanks!  Using this info, I was able to find the Telnet link....


TL> In all honesty, while the BBBS works, I think it is a terrible
TL> way to get internet users introduced to Fidonet.  The interface
TL> is kludgy, the commands are cumbersome, etc.

BBBS isn't so bad....  It has EMacs for an editor.  You can configure
your own login.  It has an online help system manual.  It is very
DLG-Pro BBS-like.  Its best feature is that it has a built-in FidoNET
nodelist displayer (which comes in very handy if you are one of the
FidoNET HomePages).  You can pull out network tables with a single
"grep", A LA -- BR 1:101 -- for example.  My only complaint is that it
doesn't have an "add a BBS" section for new BBSes, the way that the
Synchronet external SBL SYNCDATA Door does, but you wouldn't want "Joe's
Pirate Website" listed on an official FidoNET site, anyway!  You could
do worse than BBBS.

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