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|    Sean Rima to Vincent Coen    |
|    External s/w requirements for bbbs ?    |
|    07 Feb 22 13:36:19    |
      REPLY: 2:250/1@fidonet 6200465c       MSGID: 2:263/1.1 62012099       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0000       TID: hpt/mac 1.9 2021-12-02        Hello Vincent!              06 Feb 22 22:06, you wrote to me:               VC>>> Does bbs have it's own mailer, echo and file processors etc ?               VC>>> I.e., is it a complete system ?               VC>>> 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.               >> Mail, files, nodelist etc. Never tried hatching files though        >> Sean               VC> I assume the Pi is a 4 and mine although having a Sata drive connected        VC> via a USB link is still slow on a 3B+ but do want to set it up with        VC> mbse as a back up system for Elist processing using the primary bbs as        VC> the only uplink.              No, Pi 3B. It is a low system user :)               VC> That way if I have to stop (Health etc) I can pass the kit on to who        VC> ever takes the ELIST service on with minimum changes.               VC> Thanks for the information and the same to all others who replied.              Yeah always good to have a backup plan, the way my health is going, I am       putting one into place                     Sean                     --- GoldED+/OSX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: TCOB1 tcob1.duckdns.org (2:263/1.1)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/5 15/0 18/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/0       SEEN-BY: 123/25 131 180 200 755 129/305 330 331 135/300 138/146 153/757       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/10 222/2 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 317 424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 452 550 664 700 240/1120 5832 250/1 263/1 266/512       SEEN-BY: 275/100 1000 282/1038 292/854 299/6 300/4 301/1 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/11 200 396/45 460/58 633/280 640/1321 712/848       SEEN-BY: 3634/0 12 15 27 50 119 5020/1042       PATH: 263/1 222/2 3634/12 153/7715 229/426           |
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