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|    Jas Hud to Mortar M.    |
|    BBS Software Recommendations    |
|    20 Nov 24 12:35:54    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 11381.bbs_carn@1:103/705 2ba390be       REPLY: 2219.fido_bbscarni@1:124/5016 2ba2b5bf       PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/51c917d04 Nov 19 2024 13:20 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1        To: Mortar M.        Re: BBS Software Recommendations        By: Mortar M. to All on Tue Nov 19 2024 11:43 pm               > Greetings!        >        > I'm thinking about starting my own BBS, strictly through Telnet. I'm        > looking for a setup that's new-user friendly, i.e., stable, well supported        > and well documented. It doesn't have to have lots of bells and whistles.        > So far, I've heard about Synchronet and Mystic. What else is out there?              i tried them all and i'd suggest synchronet.       the rest have issues.              for bbs softwares theres:       bbbs       vadv       wwiv       mystic       citadel              and many more. it's all about your preference.       try them out.              you can even run an older one that doesn't have a telnet server       by using dosbox or a telnet server like gameserv or synchronet with a script       to run your bbs as a door.       --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/305 153/757       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/10 30 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/114 206 275 300 317 400 426 428 470 550 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 266/512 280/464 5003 5006 282/1038 291/111 292/8125       SEEN-BY: 301/1 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58       SEEN-BY: 460/256 1124 467/888 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400       SEEN-BY: 5020/8912 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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