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   BBS_CARNIVAL      Your BBS software rules and others suck      5,461 messages   

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   Robert Wolfe to James Coyle   
   Best UNIX/LINUX BBS for F   
   15 Apr 16 01:11:00   
   
   * In a message originally to Daryl Stout, James Coyle said:   
      
    > In order to install and have a fully working telnet BBS in Windows, you    
    > have to   
    > run literally two commands in Windows:   
      
    > install   
    > mis   
      
    > How you managed to make that so difficult is beyond me, but you can't    
    > blame   
    > Mystic for the wild ideas that you seem to come up with.  If you do the    
    > same   
    > things you did with *any BBS software* you'll get a same or similar    
    > outcome.   
      
    > I think its time to switch to one of those "easy" to use packages that you    
    > keep   
    > mentioning!  You've gone out of your way to make a post dumping on Mystic    
    > many   
    > times now, and I can assure you that I'm no longer going to bother wasting    
    > my   
    > breath trying to help you as a result.   
      
    > Just note that if you install over top of your BBS with a new    
    > installation,   
    > you're still going to lose your configuration even with other software.     
    > If you   
    > edit FILES.BBS into an unknown format, its still not going to import with    
    > other   
    > software.  If you don't understand how to execute doors now, you won't    
    > with   
    > other software either.  The list goes on and on...   
      
    > --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A11 (Windows)   
    >  * Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (1:129/215)   
      
   I would have to agree with you here -- installing Mystic is basically    
   a "two and done" prospect as far as getting a basic installation up    
   an running -- on any of the supported operating systems.  My problem    
   is getting up the gumption to sit down on my ass and learn MPL :)   
      
   ---   
    * Origin: Neptune's Lair EleBBS | Memphis, TN USA (1:261/20)   

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