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to: Bo Simonsen
from: Russell Tiedt
date: 2003-06-05 15:10:02
subject: Maximus at UNIX

Hello Bo.

04 Jun 03 02:11, you wrote to me:

 >> Mgetty exsists in FreeBSD, so should be available for other *BSD
 >> flavours, if
 >> I stop reading this and other echoes, and apply myself to the task
 >> at hand, ie. installing Debian 3.0r0 onto my recently built and
 >> tested AMD486DX4-100-48Meg. RAM-1.5Gig HDD, I can "upgade my MBSE
 >> BBS system from a cramped 630Meg HDD on a 486DX2-66-32Meg RAM, I
 >> will then have a system to put FreeBSD 4.7 on. 

 BS> It's good that you don't have any links using McMail  :)
 BS> (there is a problem on slow machines, if McMail is connecting, because
 BS> it's too fast to send emsi info).

One "stoneage" system in my life is enough, thank you. :-)

 >> IRCD might also be a solution.

 BS> I'm to conservative for that ;)

Gives one a great deal of flexability. :-))

 BS> I don't see problems of using a file for IPC, except for we can get a
 BS> race condision, but it can be solved by a semafore/lock file.

Also a possibilty.

Russell

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