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|    Rob Swindell to Dennis Scott    |
|    BBS Software Timeout Values    |
|    04 Apr 23 09:56:24    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 11163.bbs_carn@1:103/705 2891b853       REPLY: 11162.bbs_carn@1:103/705 289184da       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/0f4325eec Apr 3 2023 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/fcf4a0012 Apr 4 2023 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: BBS Software Timeout Values        By: Dennis Scott to Daniel Path on Tue Apr 04 2023 06:16 am               > Re: BBS Software Timeout Values        > By: Daniel Path to Dennis Scott on Sun Apr 02 2023 08:19 pm        >        > Good man. I think all BBSs should increase the timeout or eliminate it all        > together at this point in time.        >        > Doing the Control-P trick works but why have to do that? There's plenty of        > bandwidth and nodes to go around most of the time...              Nodes are a finite resource. Sysops don't want their systems to be subject to       very simple "denial of service" attacks by users either accidentally or       purposefully just "walking away from the keyboard" once connected and tying up       all their nodes.       --         digital man (rob)              Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #54:       NAPLPS = North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax (ANSI X3.110)       Norco, CA WX: 48.8øF, 43.0% humidity, 0 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 18/200 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 215 501 700 720 810       SEEN-BY: 218/820 840 850 860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113       SEEN-BY: 229/206 275 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550 664 700 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 282/1038 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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