Re: Re: Date/Time in Messages   
     By: Scott Street to Nicholas Boel on Fri Apr 06 2012 10:36 am   
      
    > Same here - I would hope that we (the sysops of Fidonet) can make the    
    > conferences and data more accessible to the end user.  Internet forums    
    > are easy and dedicated to topics that the user desires.  I believe for    
    > our network to survive we need to be able to offer those services to the    
    > user with the ease of web access.  Even NNTP access is just a stepping    
    > stone.   
      
   Forgot there was more to be quoted/responded to. :)   
      
   Synchronet has a web interface that includes messages, though it's not like a   
   "forum" or anything, and not many have worked on it for quite some time.   
      
   I actually recently shut down my Synchronet web server, and just started   
   running Apache2. I made a link to utilize fTelnet (flash telnet client) to   
   connect directly to the BBS via a web browser, a flash IRC client to connect to   
   irc.bbs-scene.org, and then stats, game scores, and links. Nothing fancy, but   
   it's http://www.pharcyde.org if you'd like to check it out.   
      
    > I started a project a couple of years ago to bind Fidonet Netmail and    
    > Echomail to a web forum - I got a skeleton system working, but it's been    
    > mothballed by the lack of time.   
      
   If you ever get something substantial going, I'd probably be onboard as far as   
   testing, as I'm sure many others would be as well. Some people are still   
   whipping together an old version of vBulletin and moving messages back and   
   forth via NNTP, I believe. Sounds like too much of a pain in the butt to me, to   
   be honest. :)   
      
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