On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:28:26 -0500
"Justmike" (VERT/COCONET) 
wrote:
> I have a BBS setup that I eventually will advertise and be for the
> public to logon to. For now, I am still learning how to set it up and
> make the menus how I want them to look and add pretty graphics etc.
> At the same time I am testingdifffernt terminal programs on the board
> for look and feel along with up and downloads.
> 
> Twice now I have had failed attempts at a file transfer and then all
> of a sudden the Synchronet Bot appears. My sysop login is JustMike,
> and I get a message saying 
> 
> "You're fascinating Justmike", then "you can
> 't be Justmike, I just spoke with him", Synchronet is relatively
> young, and already a force to be reckoned with", "You are the one and
> only Justmike!!!", "You must feel very lucky to call up a board that
> uses such superior software.", "synchronet is the best. Forget the
> rest."
> 
> these are the responses from my chat with a bot.  Where is this
> coming from?  Iwas laughing,but still curious how I got to that mode.
>  This only happens aftera botched file transfer.
> 
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Maybe the transfer is breaking, for some reason, and the commands to
get to chat and start the guru are being sent.
Of course, without actually telling us what version you're running or
which terminal it happened with or which protocol and what type of file
you're uploading, nobody is really going to be able to help you.
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