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|  Message 2493  |
|  Chad Adams to Sean Rima  |
|  External s/w requirements for bbbs ?  |
|  06 Feb 22 12:42:50  |
 MSGID: 1:19/37.0 82580015 REPLY: 2:263/1.1 61ffe0fe TZUTC: -0600 CHARSET: PC-8 So you use binkd. Not the built in binkp server and the wfc screen for dialing out? How do you dial systems to grab mail? Binkd? > Hello Chad! > 06 Feb 22 08:15, you wrote to me: >>> Hello Vincent! >>> 05 Feb 22 01:05, you wrote to all: >>>> Does bbs have it's own mailer, echo and file processors etc ? >>>> I.e., is it a complete system ? >>>> Only ask as a quick read of the manual? does not indicate that. >>> Run it here, highly stable and everything needed is included. Not >>> the easiest to setup, but once you get used to it, it is ok. I have >>> mine on a headless Ubuntu server, but have run it on a Raspberry Pi >>> which similar results. >> Interested in knowing how you run the wfc screen. Do you run it in the >> background or something? >> Right now, I use screen and just detach but I’d rather run it just as >> a forked process. Maybe in the future, we can get a forkable command >> that runs binkp call outs instead of a really old wfc screen. Most >> folks run headless and even more on VPS servers where we can’t run >> wfc screens. > Never used it with Screen as the ubuntu box, a light weight embedded dell PC >that i stuck Ubuntu on. There is no need for screen. I can ssh into the box an > use BBBS from the command line. Or telnet in if I need to read netmails. Or > http(s) in as well :) > I tend to use binkd/hpt for point or bluewave mail for my own ftn echo stuff. >BBBS starts at boot up using the @reboot cron event. I don't put the bbbsd ont > standard ports simply to stop a lot of crap coming through trying to hack. I > just cron mail processing every 5 minutes > Sean --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5 * Origin: The ByteXchange BBS | bbs.thebytexchange.com (Hideaway, T) (1:19/37) SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 19/37 30/0 80/1 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340 SEEN-BY: 123/131 124/5016 129/305 330 331 134/100 153/105 135 757 SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 SEEN-BY: 229/206 317 424 426 452 550 664 700 240/1120 5832 266/512 SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 282/464 1038 292/854 8125 301/0 1 101 113 317/3 SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 770/1 920/1 2452/250 3634/12 5020/1042 5058/104 PATH: 19/37 153/757 280/464 301/1 229/426 |
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