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|    Sean Dennis to Rob Swindell    |
|    Re: BBS Software Timeout Values    |
|    09 Apr 23 20:15:27    |
      CHRS: CP437 2       MSGID: 1:18/200@fidonet 63c32eb9       PID: MBSE-BBS 1.0.8.3 (FreeBSD-amd64)       TZUTC: -0400       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.8.3 (FreeBSD-amd64)       -=> Rob Swindell wrote to Dennis Scott <=-               RS> Current versions of Synchronet support up to 250 nodes. Realistically,        RS> nobody configures anywhere near that many nodes mainly because        RS> configuring door games to support dozens of nodes (for many multinode        RS> doors, anyway), is a big hassle. It's much easier to just enforce a        RS> maximum duration of user inactivity and keep the number of configured        RS> nodes to some a number you'd reasonably expect to need for *active*        RS> user connections.                     For decades, I've always configured my BBS for four nodes with doors, et       cetera. Most of my callers are pulling mail pakcets or grabbing files       anyway. MBSE supports unlimited nodes but that's only for bots calling...              -- Sean              ... Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way.       --- MMail/FreeBSD        * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)       SEEN-BY: 1/110 123 15/0 18/200 90/1 105/81 106/201 123/131 129/305       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 206 275       SEEN-BY: 229/307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550 664 700 266/512 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 18/200 229/426           |
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