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|    Robert Wolfe to Janis Kracht    |
|    BBBS/NT and NetSerial    |
|    14 Apr 12 22:42:02    |
      >> Well, it looks like I have my 2 phone nodes of BBBS/NT accepting incoming       >> telnet calls on port 23 via NetSerial :) Now to just try and poll Fido via       >> that as well and we will be all set :)              > Hmm.. you need to use a fossil with bbbsd? The documentation doesn't seem to       > mention that, unless I missed it somewhere... I see this in Sysop.gui ->       > windows nt:              No, to use BBBS.EXE with the modem nodes and NetSerial :) I just have it set       up here (2 phone nodes connected via NetSerial) to try it out, and it seems to       work like a charm.              > Outgoing TCP/IP       > You can also use BBBS with TCP/IP (InterNet) network by specifying TCPIP       > devicename. The syntax is bbbs comport nodenumber TCPIP, for example bbbs 1 2       >TCPIP start node 2 for TCPIP. The specified node will be used only for outgoin       > "calls", see below for incoming documentation. The parameter "TCPIP" must be       > written in upper case.              Ok, this much I was wanting to know. How does one handle the outbound phone       number to FQDN translations when trying to di binkp polls via binkp?              --- BBBS/NT v4.10 Dada-1        * Origin: Omicron Theta * Buffalo, NY * telnet://fpsoft.net (1:261/20)    |
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