TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47
MSGID: 1:342/201 1793d91e
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TZUTC: -0700
On 28 Feb 2021, Marceline Jones said the following...
 
 MJ>  MJ> 
 MJ>  MJ> If SexPOTS forwards connections via telnet then it should be able to 
 MJ>  MJ> callers from a DOS mailer to wcOnline right (because there is no issu
 MJ>  MJ> with direct serial port access or FOSSIL required) ?
 MJ> 
SexPOTS is a small application that would bridge between your Mailer and the
BBS.  SexPOTS is a windows 32Bit app and it's not compatible with a DOS
mailer.  If you have a windows based mailer in conjunction with SexPOTS it'll
pass a caller to a telnet-able BBS.

If you want an example of my setup I have NetSerial/WINServewr/PXW... telnet
to JoesBBS.com port 3141 and you'll be able to connect to that kind of setup.
In this setup I have PXW working on 1 of my 12 nodes... mainly because having
PXW working on all my nodes will not improve the user experience... BTW, I
have only started using PXW again.... and doing so did not increase the user
experience .... It's just not needed with todays systems..

 MJ>  IJ> You cannot mix a DOS mailer with a Windows based modem program...
 MJ>  IJ> that's it... download, setup, and test this yourself it does not work
 MJ> 
 MJ> I believe it can be done. But it depends on how SexPOTS was coded. I am
 MJ> clarifying these details with the author.
 MJ> 
Good luck...

 MJ>  IJ> If you have wcOnline I'm sure your BBS has telnet... get your users t
 MJ>  IJ> call your BBS with that... there is absolutely no need to have a
 MJ>  IJ> mailer pass a user...  If you want a mailer... setup whatever you wan
 MJ>  IJ> and let it run independently of the BBS.... 
 MJ> 
 MJ> But I need to have my BBS callers see a "Press  twice for BBS"
 MJ> prompt.
 MJ> 

Why do you "NEED" to have users press esc twice??  Why is these this "NEED"
for that??  You won't be impressed with PXW then... it doesn't make the user
press escape twice ... call my BBS   JoesBBS.com port 3141


 MJ> You are not fully utilising Platinum Xpress if you are not enabling BBS
 MJ> callers.
 MJ> 
I have 12 nodes, one dedicated to mail only.  That leaves me 11 other nodes to
handle callers.... at best that leaves me 7 or 8 more than I'll need... and if
I need more I'll add more... magic!!!
Right now, 95% of my mail is passed via BinkD... and as I have said there are
a few WINServer sysops passing mail around with PXW...

TTYL

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-

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