Re: Starting Linux BBS
  By: Paul Westell to Sam Alexander on Tue Oct 19 2004 09:21 am

 > I see a windows box with synchronet there.
 > 
 >  SA> I'm looking at Irex and Synchronet.
 > 
 > I can't speak from experience about Irex, but I've heard it
 > may be buggy. If you've been following the conversations
 > here, synchronet has a serious compatability issue which Bob
 > Swindell by his own admission cannot be bothered to address.

You're full of shit.

 > The root of the problem is that he uses a non-conforming
 > message ID which some softwear is not allowing to pass, so
 > that many might never recieve a message originating from a
 > synchronet system.

What software, specifically?

 > Bob is obsessed with a problem that others regard as minor,
 > (see my recent conversation with bob in this echo) however
 > others have addressed this in such manner that mitigates yet
 > still conforms to accepted FTS standards
 > 
 > In short, I have not seen Bob Swindell and his synchronet
 > held in high regard in the linux community, although it is
 > possible he may have supporters who have no vested interrest.

I have not seen this Paul Westell held in high regard in *any* community, so
you can just ignore anything he has to say.

 > I would like to offer two pieces of advice, just as a rule of
 > thumb. Never take advice on linux issues from someone posting
 > with a windows machine, and never take at face value the
 > advice of someone with a commercial interrest in the topic.
 > Bob fails on both counts.

Commercial interest? Synchronet is free, *and* open source, dumb ass.

 > Look for GNU licenced softwear

Yeah, you'll find it here:
http://www.synchro.net

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