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|    Rixter to nelgin    |
|    I don't get it    |
|    24 Jun 25 07:13:31    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 58253.sync_sys@1:103/705 2cc0caa0       REPLY: 58248.sync_sys@1:103/705 2cbfa136       PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.28-Linux master/a43ca30ea Jun 18 2025 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: RICKSBBS       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor master/a2a9dc027        Re: I don't get it        By: nelgin to Rixter on Mon Jun 23 2025 11:50 am               > Re: I don't get it        > By: Rixter to nelgin on Mon Jun 23 2025 07:51:01        >         > > Mine does that off and on during the day when HTML traffic picks up. I ha        > > a variable speed cooling fan and I can tell when traffic picks up because        > > runs faster. LOL Especially when people are reading message boards like        > > fidonet on my BBS. WOW it tops out at 80% sometimes. I am running my BBS         > > a 15 year old laptop though.        >         > I have restrictions on the amount of traffic via iptables so it shouldn't be        > problem. I guess I'll have to double check to make sure they're actually        > effective.        >        I have guests log in via nntp and download messages from all the message bases       once a week and that can be hours of traffic just doing that. I guess some       people love messages. They cannot reply to them but they download all of them       twice a week. My Computer will just ramp up like that out of the blue several       times a day likes it is real busy even when no one is signed in. Ghost users!       LOL       telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23       http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080       Madison,NC              ---        þ Synchronet þ Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 103/13 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14 153/757       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 114 206 317 400 426 428 470 550 700 705 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 263/1 266/512 280/464 5003 5006 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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