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|    g00r00 to ewong    |
|    Re: reconfig mystic w/o shutting down BB    |
|    16 Nov 21 10:52:03    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:129/215 80cd46c1       REPLY: 1:153/757.23 45545ca1       TZUTC: -0500        ew> Hi        ew>         ew> I've setup Mystic BBS, and am wondering if it is possible to trigger        ew> Mystic BBS to reconfigure instead of me needing to take the BBS down and        ew> then start it again?              I'll explain how it works in the current version:              The configuration is loaded for each BBS node whenever a user connects, but       the base configuration used by the servers (ie settings used by MIS itself)       are only loaded when MIS starts up.              This means if you change anything specific to any of the servers or any of the       system directories (which shouldn't change often) then the servers must be       restarted.              You can change most general settings, edit groups, echomail groups/nodes,       msg/file bases and so on without having to restart.              May I ask what settings in particular you want to automatically update in MIS?       I'll see if I can get them to automatically recycle but some of the settings       (mostly just paths and server settings) will likely always require the server       to be recycled. I think the biggest pain point is that the events do not       update on their own without a recycle in the current version.              ... Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your trip in kilometers              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Windows/32)        * Origin: Sector 7 * Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 114/705 120/340 457 616 123/10 120 131       SEEN-BY: 129/215 305 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 218/840 220/70 80 90       SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/17 18 30 100 227/114 201 702 229/101 310 424 426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 452 550 664 700 981 240/5832 249/206 307 317 400       SEEN-BY: 250/5 8 267/800 280/464 282/1038 292/854 298/25 301/1 305/2       SEEN-BY: 305/3 317/3 322/757 340/1000 342/200 633/280 770/1 3634/12       PATH: 129/215 154/10 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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