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|    Jay Harris to T.J. Mcmillen    |
|    Re: NET2BBS    |
|    23 Dec 20 18:32:47    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:229/664 58d8dbd5       REPLY: 1:229/426 6F91E9D4       TZUTC: -0500       On 23 Dec 2020, T.J. Mcmillen said the following...                TM> Yeah but it still fails to "show" ansi 95% of the time .... sometimes it         TM> works, most it doesn't. I'm at a loss. I hate having that crap in        TM> Net2BBS turned on, but there are so many morons pinging port 23 (for        TM> what, I have no idea) ....              If you're running on Windows, maybe check out this poweshell script to block       some of the problem areas:              https://www.gregsitservices.com/blog/2016/02/blocking-unwanted-countries-with-w       indows-firewall/              I blocked the usual suspects (China, Russia, Korea, Iran) but I was also       getting hammered from Italy quite a bit too. Not enough to warrant blocking       just yet, but enough to take notice.              Jay              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/23 (Raspberry Pi/32)        * Origin: Northern Realms (1:229/664)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 129/305 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/101 275 424 426 452 550 664 1016 240/5832 249/206 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 317/3 322/757 342/200 633/280       PATH: 229/664 426           |
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