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|    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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