-=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to ANDY ALT <=-

 MK> Hey Andy!

 MK> Are you interested in discussing a wish list for a Linux terminal based
 MK> BBS? If so then I wish for a bbsd, where d=daemon, not unlike httpd,
 MK> except a BBS just like mom used to build.  Text bulletins, messages,
 MK> etc., ansi is fine, the linux terminal is best.  Logging into it as a
 MK> user it should appear no different then the DOS BBS's of yore except
 MK> that it would be multiuser by default given the vastly superior nature
 MK> of the platform it is running on (Linux).  DOS users ought to notice
 MK> very quick that sudddenly their terminal program has magically achieved
 MK> a level of usefullness never known to that particular terminal package
 MK> before.  The goal would be that they would leave a message commenting
 MK> on the observation and, especially, would appreciate knowing their
 MK> reaction when they find out what machine the BBS is running on (cpu
 MK> mostly), how little memory it requires, and how little drive space it
 MK> takes up.

 MK> I have more but the above is first and foremost.

 MK> Oh yeah!  No stinkin' dosemu!!!  Pure GNU-Linux.

I don't understand, Maurice. There already are Linux BBS packages that run 
from the Linux console and, to my eyes and understanding, are very similar 
to what you described. I don't really have a wish list. I've never thought 
about it before.

Synchronet for example, has a daemon option, text displays, messaging. 
Since it can display Ansi, it can look like "the DOS BBS'es of Yore." 
It's multiuser/multi-node.

Maybe a BBS that can run thru SSH? I dunno, I'm still new to Linux, my 
friend, and quite ignorant, really. :)






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