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     Re: BBS Software Timeout Values   
     By: Dennis Scott to Rob Swindell on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:57 pm   
      
    >   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?   
      
   Apache web server? It doesn't have the concept of "nodes" or "door games".   
      
    > If so, a Sysop could assign   
    > say 5 nodes or so for doors and the rest of the nodes be dynamic if   
    > necessary.   
      
   Oh, I suppose anything's possible. But it's most mult-user BBSes are designed   
   in a way that when a user connects, they're assigned an "open node" and have   
   exclusive use of that node until they disconnect/log-off and at that time the   
   node is "closed".   
      
    > 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.   
      
   You mean if something like paypal existed? It does. And sysops could require   
   payment for access if they wanted to. I don't understand your point.   
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