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|    Richard Menedetter to Tony Langdon    |
|    Linux and Fido    |
|    05 Feb 20 10:14:16    |
      REPLY: 1141.fido-linux@3:633/410 229fa410       MSGID: 2:310/31 5e3a8869       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0100       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Hi Tony!              05 Feb 2020 13:13, from Tony Langdon -> Karel Kral:               TL> Quite frankly, I feel a BBS would be a better fit for remote hosting        TL> than a mail only/point setup, because BBSs are designed for remote        TL> access, messagebase readers are designed for local access.              ???              Where is the difference between SSHing into a BBS or SSHing into a linux       account and start Golded (or the editor of your choice)?       (Minus that most BBSes offer less functionality then a specialized tool for       that purpose (mailer, tosser, editor, etc.).)              My fido setup works like this for a very long time now.       I even use shell in a box to access my fido mails through my company firewall,       that should block access to SSH ;)              BTW I did also not really understand what is so complicated in compiling htick.       It is part of Husky, so you need the husky libs.       But it is explained very well in the docs.       Just my 2 cents.              CU, Ricsi              ... Isn't it strange how "wise" resembles being old and tired?       --- GoldED+/LNX        * Origin: Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one? (2:310/31)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/426 452       SEEN-BY: 229/616 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100       SEEN-BY: 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2452/250 5020/545       PATH: 310/31 280/464 229/426           |
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