Mick Manning wrote to All <=-
Has anyone had any luck setting up another echomail feed like Retronet
or fsxnet on Synchronet? Fido works just great, but Synchro doesn't
seem to know what to do with packets that come in for 'other' echos.
BinkD answers, de-archives, but trashes the files after. I have the
nodes and areas files set-up but nothing. I'm missing a switch
somewhere. :-)
Yes, I run several nets - fidonet, fsxnet, sportnet, vkradio, wwivftn at least
on Synchronet. It's pretty straightforward. You have to add the AKA in scfg,
setup routing/areafix in echocfg and the step that's most easily forgotten,add
the othernet echoes and uplinks into AREAS.BBS. If you don't do this latter step, you will get the symptoms you describe - incoming echomail being deleted,
and your sbbsecho logs will show errors. For AREAS.BBS, I have my nets in their own group and export each group to their own AREAS.BBS format file, then
merge them all into the one systemwide AREAS.BBS for echomail routing.
Greetings,
Has anyone had any luck setting up another echomail feed like Retronet or fsxnet on Synchronet? Fido works just great, but Synchro doesn't seem to know what to do with packets that come in for 'other' echos. BinkD answers, de-archives, but trashes the files after. I have the nodes and areas files set-up but nothing. I'm missing a switch somewhere. :-)
Mick Manning wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Thanks for this response Tony. I looked over my setup and I had missed completely the AKA section, which I've updated. Still does not work though. There must be something simple i'm overlooking here, as Fido
work great. Do I need different inbound/outbound directories for each echo? I have the log set for debugging on sbbsecho but still not enough info to correct.
There must be something simple i'm overlooking here, as Fido work great.Do
I need different inbound/outbound directories for each echo?
29 Aug 16 15:42, you wrote to Tony Langdon:
There must be something simple i'm overlooking here, as Fido work great.Do
I need different inbound/outbound directories for each echo?
not really... just remember that sbbsecho is only 4D aware so all BSO outbounds
are whatever your default zone outbound is plus their zone number in hex as an
extension...
There must be something simple i'm overlooking here, as Fido work
great. Do I need different inbound/outbound directories for each
echo?
not really... just remember that sbbsecho is only 4D aware so all BSO
outbounds are whatever your default zone outbound is plus their zone
number in hex as an extension...
SBBSecho v3 has support for FTN domains.
Re: Other Echos
By: Digital Man to mark lewis on Tue Aug 30 2016 04:05 pm
Tagline theft really burns my ascii but how can i get a cool weather sig tag like yours, Digital Man? Different location of course. <g> Freakin' awesome!
I have a weather station (a Davis Instruments Vantage VUE), that's constantly capturing weather data, storing in my PC, and uploading to wunderground.com. Anyway, I wrote a short JS to append the current
I have a weather station (a Davis Instruments Vantage VUE), that's constantly capturing weather data, storing in my PC, and uploading to wunderground.com. Anyway, I wrote a short JS to append the current
Just out of curiosity, what software are you using? I've been using VWS for about ten years now, have it create a .txt that I used to display in my bulletins.
I have a weather station (a Davis Instruments Vantage VUE), that's constantly capturing weather data, storing in my PC, and uploading to wunderground.com. Anyway, I wrote a short JS to append the current weather data to my .sig file (data/user/0001.sig), along with a random Synchronet Fact or BBS Term definition.
I have looked into those weather stations and they can be rather expensive. If I had the money I would have gotten one of them last year but just am not able to afford to have one of them to play around with
Tagline theft really burns my ascii but how can i get a cool weather sig
tag like yours, Digital Man? Different location of course. <g> Freakin' awesome!
you can find a website to scrape it from and take it onto your signature file.
Richard Miles wrote to Mojo <=-
If you were to go the 1-wire route or something like that it's extra
work but just depends on how geeky you are. If you just want the
weather? Spend the money lol.
Tagline theft really burns my ascii but how can i get a cool weather sig like yours, Digital Man? Different location of course. <g> Freakin' aweso
I have a weather station (a Davis Instruments Vantage VUE), that's constantl capturing weather data, storing in my PC, and uploading to wunderground.com.
Tagline theft really burns my ascii but how can i get a cool weather sig
you can find a website to scrape it from and take it onto your
you can find a website to scrape it from and take it onto your signatur file.
yeah that is ok for those who know how to right some scripts to do this. I a not that good so i am not able to do that as I am not good wiht that stuff.
Re: Tagline Theft
By: Digital Man to tbirdsradio on Wed Aug 31 2016 12:41 pm
I have a weather station (a Davis Instruments Vantage VUE), that's constantly capturing weather data, storing in my PC, and uploading to wunderground.com. Anyway, I wrote a short JS to append the current weather data to my .sig file (data/user/0001.sig), along with a random Synchronet Fact or BBS Term definition.
I have looked into those weather stations and they can be rather expensive. If I had the money I would have gotten one of them last year but just am not able to afford to have one of them to play around with and enjoy. I have also you can create a really nice web site with alot of information from it on the site. Maybe one day the money will come around for me so I can have one but for now just have to play around with things that are less expensive. But it is a nice addition to you sig on your messages.
Have you ever thought about displaying this info on your web site and on your bbs for those who logon there?
Tagline theft really burns my ascii but how can i get a cool weather sig like yours, Digital Man? Different location of course. <g> Freakin' aweso
I have a weather station (a Davis Instruments Vantage VUE), that's constantl capturing weather data, storing in my PC, and uploading to wunderground.com.
That is too cool, man. I still remember the Snapple facts you had from
when i had the bbs up before. Made from the finest ingredients on
earth! <g>
and money spent. What Digital Man has done and continues to do with Synchronet is nothing short of amazing.
you can find a website to scrape it from and take it onto your signatur file.
yeah that is ok for those who know how to right some scripts to do this. I a not that good so i am not able to do that as I am not good wiht that stuff.
I know exactly what your say'n, Jay. Same here. I was just tellin',
Mro, that i bought a JS book but havn't yet taken the time to try
and get some kind of grasp on it. That's what it's gonna take for
Re: Tagline Theft
By: tbirdsradio to Mro on Thu Sep 01 2016 07:09 am
and money spent. What Digital Man has done and continues to do with Synchronet is nothing short of amazing.
Funny I was just thinking this the other day... The same care and attention to detail that he put into the original dial up version of synchronet shines through in these versions, the telnet client, the telnet server logic, everything... And he's as enthusiastic about it today as he was back then, approachable, and willing to help anyone. That's a sign of a good person, with character, great work ethic, etc.
You can stray to other bbs sotware, but once you try synchronet, you always come back because you know it will work and offers whatever you need...
You can stray to other bbs sotware, but once you try synchronet, you always come back because you know it will work and offers whatever you need...
You can stray to other bbs sotware, but once you try synchronet, you always come back because you know it will work and offers whatever you need...
Well said!
Mro wrote to tbirdsradio <=-
well, a lot of people have used synchronet and switched and never came back.
i like diversity, everyone running the same sofware [and usually not changing anything] is boring. that being said we hardly have any
users now, so do what you wanna do.
You can stray to other bbs sotware, but once you try synchronet, you always come back because you know it will work and offers whatever you need...
Well said!
well, a lot of people have used synchronet and switched and never came back.
i like diversity, everyone running the same sofware [and usually not changi anything] is boring. that being said we hardly have any users now, so do w you wanna do.
well, a lot of people have used synchronet and switched and never came back.
i like diversity, everyone running the same sofware [and usually not changi anything] is boring. that being said we hardly have any users now, so do w you wanna do.
Mro wrote to tbirdsradio <=-
well, a lot of people have used synchronet and switched and never came back.
I took a bet each way. I run both Synchronet and Mystic. I like them both, for different reasons.
i like diversity, everyone running the same sofware [and usually not changing anything] is boring. that being said we hardly have any users now, so do what you wanna do.
Agree totally. Diversity is good.
... Always drink upstream from the herd.
You can stray to other bbs sotware, but once you try synchronet, you always come back because you know it will work and offers whatever you need...
well, a lot of people have used synchronet and switched and never came back.
Oh, i'm not here to address or debate what software anybody else is
using, Mro. That's irrelvant to the point we were making, which is
Well, people certainly need time to modify their systems and that
isn't something that's done over night. Again, modifying a bbs is
Quoting Mro to tbirdsradio <=-
isn't something that's done over night. Again, modifying a bbs is
i can do it overnight.
Zombie Mambo wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Mytisc was the first telent bbs softare I ran, and I have a soft spot
for it cuz it's so basic, small, and robust.
You can stray to other bbs sotware, but once you try synchronet, you always come back because you know it will work and offers whatever you need...
well, a lot of people have used synchronet and switched and never came back.
Oh, i'm not here to address or debate what software anybody else is using, Mro. That's irrelvant to the point we were making, which is
if you look up there you will see that is the point you were making.
Well, people certainly need time to modify their systems andthat
isn't something that's done over night. Again, modifying a bbs is
i can do it overnight.
Tony Langdon wrote to Mro <=-
i like diversity, everyone running the same sofware [and usually not changing anything] is boring. that being said we hardly have any
users now, so do what you wanna do.
Agree totally. Diversity is good.
Zombie Mambo wrote to Mro <=-
Hands done, none of these compare to synchronet. For every 1
functionality they offer that is bette than SN, SN offers 3 more that
are better than these.
Poindexter Fortran wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
That's what made the scene great in the day - a variety of software running out on the 'net. Makes me happy to see some of the old names coming back.
Quoting Mro to tbirdsradio <=-
isn't something that's done over night. Again, modifying a bbs is
i can do it overnight.
You've setup countless sync bbs's for people though man. You don't
really count. I remember at one point on irc you were doing one a week for people.
Zombie Mambo wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Mytisc was the first telent bbs softare I ran, and I have a soft spot for it cuz it's so basic, small, and robust.
Synchronet was the first I ran with native telnet.
using, Mro. That's irrelvant to the point we were making, which is
if you look up there you will see that is the point you were making.
Mro, You never quoted what i said, which was, "Well said!". I was
simply replying to the first paragraph above.
Mro wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
what made me switch to synchronet is i was stuck using shitty netmodem
and god damn that was horrible. always went down and had a limit of how many callers. i went with synchronet because it was stable and i forced myself to learn baja scripting.
Quoting Mro to Tiny <=-
some people just suck at doing work period.
you are all the same to me.
Tiny wrote to Mro <=-
some people just suck at doing work period.
That's a whole other topic. ;)
you are all the same to me.
Apologies to you and/or anyone else i may have offended. It was purely
and absolutely unintentional.
For me, Synchronet's strength is its Internet integration - not only SSH/RLogin/telnet, but HTTP, NNTP, FTP an email (SMTP/POP) as well, with
the ability to host and gate mailing lists.
Tiny wrote to Mro <=-
some people just suck at doing work period.
That's a whole other topic. ;)
And they end up in middle management. ;)
Mro wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
yeah but you can get more robust free softwares for that elsewhere.
Mro wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
yeah but you can get more robust free softwares for that elsewhere.
Not with BBS functionality.
Mro wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
yeah but you can get more robust free softwares for that elsewhere.
Not with BBS functionality.
there's limited functionality as is.
i had all my msg bases on my forums on my website and i had ftelnet on
my website for people to login.
What were you using for your forums? ftelnet isn't exactly what I consider true "web" functioonality, it's just a web based terminal client (there is
a distinction, especially in look and feel).
While I'd prefer ftelnet to a true web forum interface, most people
what do you mean 'JUST'? what it does is very good at putting our bbses on the web. and it does it correctly. for over a decade we had nothing but shit to use before ftelnet and flashterm came along.
for my web forums i used vbulletin with the nntp plugin.
i dont consider it a forum interface and i dont consider our bbs a forum or our various syncweb msg interfaces a forum interface.
echicken wrote to Mro <=-
It's nice to be able to offer newcomers a glimpse of the traditional
way of using a BBS, from their browser, without them having to install additional software. There's value in that, and it probably should be included in any BBS' website, but it doesn't mean it's the best way to present a BBS' content on the web.
I can't imagine why the web UI should be the same as the textmode UI.
If you want the classic experience, telnet or SSH into the system. If
the BBS offers a decent web interface and you want to point and click
your way through catching up on messages or downloading files, then use your web browser. If the BBS does NNTP and you prefer to use a newsreader, then do that.
for my web forums i used vbulletin with the nntp plugin.
I remember that and it wasn't very good. Don't get me wrong, I thought the vbulletin NNTP support was neat and a nice way to hook it into Synchronet (or jamnntpd for that matter) but it really suffered when it came to sorting messages into threads. It was visibly hacky.
i dont consider it a forum interface and i dont consider our bbs a forum or our various syncweb msg interfaces a forum interface.
Our types of BBSs generally include a "forum" (in the sense of a place
to discuss things online) but that isn't all that they are, and so it's good that ftelnet can help display the rest of it to casual web
visitors. The textmode interface is the heart and soul of the
(classic) BBS, and anything else is just an alternate way to get at
*some* of the same content.
I've seen a *lot* of different web-based online discussion boards.
I've written a few. So what, in your opinion, does it take to qualify
as a "forum interface"? BBCode? Smileys? Rich text, hot pink and
comic sans? (I'm joking; I'd be shocked if you could spell out what
you consider a "forum interface" to be. Opinions are easy,
explanations take a bit more thought and effort.)
That is a good question, and I've used "web forum" as more of a generic placeholder for systems which are used for messaging, and designed with only or primarily a web based interface. The common feature set seems to be:
And a final note on why this is such a big issue for me. I find web forums difficult to access. This seems to be related to the unique way I use
...
However, on a NNTP or web interface, network lag becomes a major issue, because network lag is often in the order of seconds, sometimes even tens of seconds, making my approach very inefficient, and I tend to lose track
So I'm big on having multiple ways to access the same data. Hope this makes sense. :)
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