On 20 Jun 17  12:17:38, Mark Lewis said the following to Joe Delahaye:   
      
   ML> it supports the MSG message base format... in sbbsecho only but it is there   
   ML> and not really configurable other than maybe defining the directory to use.   
   ML> sbbsecho uses it to communicate with other non-mailer software, too...   
   ML> interbbs games have to use MSG format as they don't know BSO and can't make   
   ML> FTN PKTs... this is also how sbbsecho communicates with non-BSO mailers...    
   ML> could probably also make it directly compatible with dB... problem is how m   
   ML> folks are still using a non-BSO mailer these days... DM did ask for some   
   ML> volunteers with non-BSO mailers to please test the new code but no one   
   ML> responded...   
      
   Many people in Fido and Othernets are using DB. I don't collect stats, but its   
   being used with all sorts of BBS software. Someone in this echo a few years    
   ago wrote a comprehensive guide to D'Bridge on Linux with SBBS. I know it can    
   work with it, just probably a lot of messing around with SBBSECHO.   
      
   I did reply to a SBBS developer, Stephen somebody, I forget the name...   
   sometime I believe it was 2 years ago about this. I was asked if I could   
   contribute or help with the code for SBBSECHO and perhaps integrate DB   
   directly. I was told a story about how the code was a mess, it was always    
   something that seemed "tacked on" and was never really satisfactory.   
      
   I replied very politely and said I was not able to share the entire source    
   code for DB but would be happy to contribute code snippets for packet   
   handling, Queue, mail sessions etc. Anything they needed out of DB I was    
   prepared to share or discuss... but I'm not handing over the entire code.   
      
   Crickets chirping after that.   
      
   Nick   
      
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