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-=> Quoting Anton Mikhaylov to Nancy Backus on 26-Apr-2017 12:10 <=-

 AM>> I used to be a SysOp of 2:5066/84 12+ years ago. I was young and
 AM>> inquiring, and had absolutely no problems settings up and
 AM>> tweaking FTN software. Nowadays I'm having problems doing all
 AM>> that stuff. I forgot everything and there's not much information
 AM>> on the Internet about it.
 NB>> One's brain gets rusty and forgets the magic spells needed.... and I'm
 NB>> not surprised there's not much on the internet about bbses...
 AM> Yeah. In the past there were people living on the same street who
 AM> could help me resolve software issues for a little fee (beer to be
 AM> exact). Now I have to fight software issues myself. It is especially
 AM> hard when software is not set up at all and you cannot cry for help in
 AM> local echos on your uplink. 

At least now you are hooked into a source for some help...  :)

 AM>> Anyway... it looks like I finally managed to make my fidoip
 AM>> bundle to work. (:
 AM>>  ! Origin: twixed BBS (1:275/98)
 NB>> Yes, I see that you are posting from your own bbs now...  :)  Good
 NB>> job...  :)

 AM> Ah... I would not call that a BBS. I'm mostly acting as a FidoNet
 AM> point. I've tried to use Mystic BBS as my main and only software pack
 AM> and entry point, but it does not support CP866 for Z2 (which I need to
 AM> read and reply to messages in Russian echoareas). So right now I have
 AM> binkd running as daemon on my linux VPS, hpt to parse packets and
 AM> GoldEd+ to read messages. Mystic BBS set up separately and receives and
 AM> posts messages as .666 on my node. Not very convenient and might be
 AM> against Policy. So most probably there will be no BBS on my node (who
 AM> needs another one anyway?). 

I suppose a bbs on your node might permit others to come in as users, at
least.... ;)  But getting the access for yourself is probably a
reasonable first priority...   ;)

 AM>> Now I'm interested, what software people use in Z1.
 NB>> Can't help you much there, I'm just a "lowly" user... ;)  But I
 NB>> currently am calling bbses that use Wildcat, MBSE, RA and EZYcom...
 AM> I'm still thinking about getting rid of my uplink in Z2 and to use
 AM> Mystic BBS only. But I already had some issues with file tossing. I

At one point, I was helping (as a user whose sysop was trying it out) to
beta-test an earlier version of Mystic.... we couldn't get offline
messaging to work, which is what I'd want/need...  dunno if that's been
totally solved yet....  That sysop was using Synchronet as his primary
bbs, and had a door into his old Telegard system....

 AM> also tried MBSE and BBBS, but didnt' like them. Especially I didn't
 AM> like the necessity of having system account for every BBS user (don't
 AM> quite remember which one required that). 
 AM> All in all I was unable to find a BBS software that could replace
 AM> binkd+hpt+golded, and be convenient and easy to use. ): 

Lots of options out there, but no guarantee that any one will be exactly
what any particular person is looking for... :)  Sometimes one gets
lucky...  

ttyl       neb

... The Borg assimilated me & all I got was this stupid T-Shirt!

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