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   MSGID: 59246.sync_sys@1:103/705 2de46a9d   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21b-Linux master/29213fde9 Jan 28 2026 GCC 13.3.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.35-Linux master/a6dd4c68c Jan 29 2026 GCC 12.2.0   
   COLS: 80   
   BBSID: FRONTIER   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   FORMAT: flowed   
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   Hi!   
      
   Yup, me again. I swear you're all going to get sick of me posting haha!   
      
   Just a very strange one. So, running the BBS (V3.20d) on Linux and Telnet port   
   23. Every now and again, for no reason at all it seems when someone logs off   
   all the nodes go down and I get the message:   
      
   !Error 98 binding Telnet server socket to port 23: Address already in use   
      
   I've checked and the server isn't running anything like an inetd service.   
   Synchronet is the only service bound to port 23. Yet it seems to get it's   
   knickers in a right twist and for about 60 seconds, nobody can log into the   
   BBS as port 23 is locked.   
      
   Any ideas, pointers, something obvious I might have missed?   
      
   Thanks   
   Dave   
      
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