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|    Dennis Scott to Rob Swindell    |
|    BBS Software Timeout Values    |
|    08 Apr 23 18:57:24    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 11169.bbs_carn@1:103/705 28977d25       REPLY: 11168.bbs_carn@1:103/705 2894bee6       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/fcf4a0012 Apr 4 2023 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/f4dcbf61d Apr 5 2023 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: BBS Software Timeout Values        By: Rob Swindell to Dennis Scott on Thu Apr 06 2023 05:01 pm               > Current versions of Synchronet support up to 250 nodes. Realistically,        > nobody configures anywhere near that many nodes mainly because configuring        > door games to support dozens of nodes (for many multinode doors, anyway), is        > a big hassle. It's much easier to just enforce a maximum duration of user        > inactivity and keep the number of configured nodes to some a number you'd        > reasonably expect to need for *active* user connections.              Is it realistic to have the BBS software dynamically open and close nodes as       necessary, similiar to the way that Apache does? If so, a Sysop could assign       say 5 nodes or so for doors and the rest of the nodes be dynamic if necessary.              What if there was a way for each Sysop to have an income from their BBS? Maybe       not getting rich but paying for their equipment and bandwidth, etc. I think       there is a way to do it and still keep the BBS system that's been around for       decades.              Cheers,       Dennis       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 123/131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 111 112 113 206 275 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470       SEEN-BY: 229/550 664 700 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464 5003 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/267 280 281 412 418 509 712/848       PATH: 103/705 280/464 633/280 229/426           |
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