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     To: Dennis Scott   
     Re: BBS Software Timeout Values   
     By: Dennis Scott to Rob Swindell on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:57 pm   
      
    >  > 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.   
      
   have you tried out synchronet? the way it handles nodes is just right.   
      
    > 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.   
    >   
      
   not only can we not get people to pay for subscriptions for our bbses, over   
   the years i have seen systems that were not successful in doing cash prizes   
   and other gifts to get users to call.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux   
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