• GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT

    From Ayex@1:103/705 to Peter on Mon Nov 28 08:11:54 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Peter to All on Tue Dec 01 2015 07:25 pm

    SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT I AM DELETING THIS STUPID BBS AND FORGETTING THIS SHIT ONCE FOR ALL. I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. FUCK YOU ALL !!

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    Mad bro?

    Jeez. I've never seen someone have an outburst like that. Are you 12? Its really not that difficult to setup a BBS. I am thinking, you probably do not need to be here in the first place, if you cannot setup your BBS with minimal support from other folks... I would have hated to see you try and setup a BBS in 1992. Lol.

    However, you sound like you probably made the right choice my friend. See you! Somehow, with time, we will be able to enjoy ourselves once again, knowing that you have left.

    Sad Regards,

    -Ayex

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to Ayex on Mon Nov 28 10:18:18 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Ayex to Peter on Mon Nov 28 2016 08:11:55

    Jeez. I've never seen someone have an outburst like that. Are you 12? Its

    I forgot about that dude; he posted that message quite a while ago now. Thanks for the reminder, it made me laugh.

    really not that difficult to setup a BBS. I am thinking, you probably do not need to be here in the first place, if you cannot setup your BBS with minimal support from other folks... I would have hated to see you try and

    Synchronet is very easy to set up, but when it comes to customization or quirky bits of configuration, it just doesn't "click" for some people. I like to give them the benefit of the doubt for a little while, but if they're still really confused after asking their 50th question ... yeah, they should probably just walk away.

    you! Somehow, with time, we will be able to enjoy ourselves once again, knowing that you have left.

    I think most people forgot about him shortly after reading that last message..

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  • From Ayex@1:103/705 to echicken on Mon Nov 28 09:39:22 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: echicken to Ayex on Mon Nov 28 2016 10:18 am

    I
    I forgot about that dude; he posted that message quite a while ago now. Thanks for the reminder, it made me laugh.

    I laughed. I had to reply. I just got my new board connected and SBBS setup and was laughing at this. Been BBS'ing a while and I dont think I ever saw this. I would never post something like this. You guys always help when asked. And yea, its a little tough for certain things, but Rob has done an outstanding job at SBBS. I am impressed every time I see it in a new version. Now if I can only get my stupid email recieving on 587 Id be good. :)


    Thats why its a hobby.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Ayex on Mon Nov 28 12:40:30 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Ayex to Peter on Mon Nov 28 2016 08:11:55

    SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT I AM DELETING THIS STUPID BBS AND FORGETTING
    THIS SHIT ONCE FOR ALL. I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO MAKE IT
    WORK. FUCK YOU ALL !!

    Mad bro?

    Jeez. I've never seen someone have an outburst like that. Are you 12? Its really not that difficult to setup a BBS. I am thinking, you probably do

    I remember him. I had not seen an outburst like that since then. It seems that every so often, we get someone who tries to set up a Synchronet BBS and becomes very antagonistic to everyone who tries to help them, then they have an outburst and then leave. I think this Peter ended up setting up switching to Mystic, but I don't know how far he got with that.

    I agree, setting up a BBS is not too difficult. You also need to have patience and be willing to learn what you don't know. If someone has an outburst like this, it seems to me like a sign of extremely low patience or an unwillingness to learn. Someone like that would have some issues to work through.

    Nightfox

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  • From Meh@1:103/705 to Peter on Mon Nov 28 14:56:24 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Ayex to Peter on Mon Nov 28 2016 08:11 am

    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Peter to All on Tue Dec 01 2015 07:25 pm

    SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT I AM DELETING THIS STUPID BBS AND FORGETTING THIS SHIT ONCE FOR ALL. I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. F YOU ALL !!
    Run fast and don't let the door hit ya in the posterior. Go back to mommy's basement you nutcase.
    Ralph Smole,Sysop.
    The Nimbus BBS
    Briar,TX

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  • From Vk3jed@1:103/705 to echicken on Tue Nov 29 08:20:00 2016
    echicken wrote to Ayex <=-

    Synchronet is very easy to set up, but when it comes to customization
    or quirky bits of configuration, it just doesn't "click" for some
    people. I like to give them the benefit of the doubt for a little
    while, but if they're still really confused after asking their 50th question ... yeah, they should probably just walk away.

    Yes, to get Synchronet up and running is quite easy. I've also found enabling some of the extra functionality, like mailing lists, is also fairly easy. What I haven't yet got around to is the customisation thing, tweaking menus, etc. Not in a big hurry, but will eventually want to get around to it.


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  • From Vk3jed@1:103/705 to Ayex on Tue Nov 29 08:32:00 2016
    Ayex wrote to echicken <=-

    I laughed. I had to reply. I just got my new board connected and SBBS setup and was laughing at this. Been BBS'ing a while and I dont think I ever saw this. I would never post something like this. You guys always help when asked. And yea, its a little tough for certain things, but

    I've also found support in here to be pretty good. Not just from DM, but the rest of you guys as well. Questions tend to get answered quickly and with useful answers.

    Rob has done an outstanding job at SBBS. I am impressed every time I
    see it in a new version. Now if I can only get my stupid email
    recieving on 587 Id be good. :)

    SBBS has an excellent feature set. I'm still running 3.16. I did have one go at compiling 3.17, with an error, but upgrading is not a high priority. With the current rapid development of features, I'm now inclined to wait for a more stable (feature wise) version. My compilation time is in the order of hours, so upgrading is not a trivial process (Pi 1B+).

    As for your email issue, when port 25 is blocked inbound, it's a pain. It's worth finding a way around that block (like running your BBS on a VPN). SMTP was designed to use a fixed port (25), and to get around that requires jumping through all sorts of hoops.

    Overall, Synchronet is an awesome BBS package. I'm beginning to use it as an alternative to web forums, because it gives you some level of web access, plus a multitude of other access methods - there's pretty much something for everyone.


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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Vk3jed on Mon Nov 28 18:33:10 2016
    Re: Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Vk3jed to echicken on Tue Nov 29 2016 08:20:00

    Yes, to get Synchronet up and running is quite easy. I've also found enabling some of the extra functionality, like mailing lists, is also fairly easy. What I haven't yet got around to is the customisation thing, tweaking menus, etc. Not in a big hurry, but will eventually want to get around to it.

    I think customizing the menus is one thing that seems different about Synchronet compared to other BBS software. Other BBS software I've used has had a menu editor program that lets you specify your menu logic by creating menus and menu items. Synchronet uses a script to control its menu logic, and you have to make that script yourself (or copy an existing script and modify it).

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Vk3jed on Mon Nov 28 18:36:26 2016
    Re: Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Vk3jed to Ayex on Tue Nov 29 2016 08:32:00

    Overall, Synchronet is an awesome BBS package. I'm beginning to use it as an alternative to web forums, because it gives you some level of web access, plus a multitude of other access methods - there's pretty much something for everyone.

    I agree. As far as the web forums, at one point I was using vBulletin with an NNTP-vBulletin gateway plugin that would regularly poll my BBS's NNTP server to exchange messages between Synchronet and vBulletin. I thought it was pretty cool to have a modern web forum front-end for my BBS, but eventually I stopped using vBulletin. I wasn't sure how much use it was getting, and it seemed like one more thing to maintain. I'd like to take a look at setting up echicken's ecweb, mainly for the web forums (since I've customized my web interface a bit already).

    Nightfox

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  • From Dribble@1:103/705 to Ayex on Mon Nov 28 20:26:38 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Ayex to echicken on Mon Nov 28 2016 09:39 am

    I laughed. I had to reply. I just got my new board connected and SBBS setup and was laughing at this. Been BBS'ing a while and I dont think I ever saw this. I would never post something like this. You guys always help when asked. And yea, its a little tough for certain things, but Rob

    Baja is absurdly simple, I was able to originally download elite command shell as it did what I wanted and study it in detail, then after awhile I was able to write my own command shell from scratch. I am not very good and Javascript and don't understand most of it, but I feel almost anyone should at least be able to compile a command menu shell in baja and if not then download one from the various filebases people offer.

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  • From Papadopoulos@1:103/705 to Ayex on Tue Nov 29 12:32:36 2016
    Wow! That's what I call necroposting the dead! loll

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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to echicken on Mon Nov 28 21:33:02 2016
    Hello echicken,

    Synchronet is very easy to set up, but when it comes to customization or quirk bits of configuration, it just doesn't "click" for some people.
    I like to give them the benefit of the doubt for a little while, but if they're still really confused after asking their 50th question ...
    yeah, they should probably just walk away.

    The Win32 version of SBBS is easy to setup and get running. The Linux version is only marginally harder to compile once you have the few runtime requirements
    installed. The only real challenge as I see it is the customization or personalization of SBBS to ones needs and/or tastes.

    Each BBS package has it's different ways of doing some things and I enjoy the challenge of understanding the why's and how's of how the software works. That is why I had some degree of not understanding the attitude of the individual in
    question.


    Jeff


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  • From Vk3jed@1:103/705 to Jeff Smith on Thu Dec 1 12:43:00 2016
    Jeff Smith wrote to echicken <=-

    The Win32 version of SBBS is easy to setup and get running. The Linux version is only marginally harder to compile once you have the few
    runtime requirements
    installed. The only real challenge as I see it is the customization or personalization of SBBS to ones needs and/or tastes.

    Only issue I had with the Linux installation is the compile time is significant ( over an hour) on a Pi 1B+, but it installed smoothly. ;)

    Each BBS package has it's different ways of doing some things and I
    enjoy the challenge of understanding the why's and how's of how the software works. That is why I had some degree of not understanding the attitude of the individual in
    question.

    True. I've got my head around the messaging and networking of SBBS (on several FTNS and hosting a couple of QWK nets), customisation is going to take a bit longer, haven't yet looked closely at how the menus are configured.


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  • From Ayex@1:103/705 to Dribble on Wed Nov 30 21:12:44 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Dribble to Ayex on Mon Nov 28 2016 08:26 pm

    Baja is absurdly simple, I was able to originally download elite command shell as it did what I wanted and study it in detail, then after awhile I was able to write my own command shell from scratch. I am not very good and Javascript and don't understand most of it, but I feel almost anyone should at least be able to compile a command menu shell in baja and if not then download one from the various filebases people offer.


    Really it just takes a willingness and desire to learn. Thats about it.
    And patience. Thats something I am working on!

    :)

    -Ayex

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  • From Ayex@1:103/705 to Papadopoulos on Wed Nov 30 21:13:28 2016
    Re: Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Papadopoulos to Ayex on Tue Nov 29 2016 12:32 pm

    Wow! That's what I call necroposting the dead! loll

    Yea I was surprised at this...
    I shouldn't be. I have seen crazy stuff on here before. I enjoy just reading and being quiet.

    -Ayex

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  • From Knightmare@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Dec 1 22:34:04 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Nightfox to Ayex on Mon Nov 28 2016 12:40 pm

    I remember him. I had not seen an outburst like that since then. It seems that every so often, we get someone who tries to set up a Synchronet BBS and becomes very antagonistic to everyone who tries to help them, then they have an outburst and then leave. I think this Peter ended up setting up switching to Mystic, but I don't know how far he got with that.

    He sounds like that guy thaqt buys something "as-is" and given warnings on what is wrong. 2-4 days later he's screaming and demanding his money back because it's got problems, of which he was told about and he acknowledged them.

    I had my board crash when I upgraded, I got pissed and walked away for a bit and reloaded and restored it to the previous day and called it even. Even I didn't vlow up like that, damn.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Knightmare on Thu Dec 1 20:23:32 2016
    I had my board crash when I upgraded, I got pissed and walked away for a bit and reloaded and restored it to the previous day and called it even. Even I didn't vlow up like that, damn.

    The closest I got to that was years ago - I was playing througj Half-Life and then lost my save game. Since I was fairly far into the game, I didn't feel like starting over. I've never played Half-Life again.

    Nightfox

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  • From kk4qbn@1:103/705 to Knightmare on Fri Dec 2 10:07:38 2016
    Re: GOODBYE EVERYBODY, REMOVING SYNCHRONET AND FORGETTING THIS PROJECT
    By: Knightmare to Nightfox on Thu Dec 01 2016 10:34 pm

    I remember him. I had not seen an outburst like that since then. It
    seems that every so often, we get someone who tries to set up a
    Synchronet BBS and becomes very antagonistic to everyone who tries
    to help them, then they have an outburst and then leave. I think
    this Peter ended up setting up switching to Mystic, but I don't know
    how far he got with that.

    ON our Facebook Local yardsale sites we call those folks the "Walmart Generation" they warned to read the pinneed post when added, pinned post states, "Buyer Beware" LOOK at what you're buying before you shell the money out for it, it is YOUR responsability. Either way they are a few that suffer buyers remorse and still try to blame it on everyone else, including the Admins of the site.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Nightfox on Sat Dec 3 16:22:00 2016
    Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    I think customizing the menus is one thing that seems different about Synchronet compared to other BBS software. Other BBS software I've
    used has had a menu editor program that lets you specify your menu
    logic by creating menus and menu items. Synchronet uses a script to control its menu logic, and you have to make that script yourself (or
    copy an existing script and modify it).

    Yes, every other system I've looked at has used a menu editor of some sort.Just a different way of representing things, it all eventually becomes code anyway. :)


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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Vk3jed on Thu Dec 1 05:07:18 2016
    Hello Vk3jed,

    The Win32 version of SBBS is easy to setup and get running. The Linux
    version is only marginally harder to compile once you have the few
    runtime requirements installed. The only real challenge as I see it is
    the customization or personalization of SBBS to ones needs and/or tastes.

    Only issue I had with the Linux installation is the compile time is significan ( over an hour) on a Pi 1B+, but it installed smoothly. ;)

    Must be the difference in the hardware as SBBS compiled here in less than 12 minutes on a 10 core 64b pc with 32 gb of ram.

    Each BBS package has it's different ways of doing some things and I
    enjoy the challenge of understanding the why's and how's of how the
    software works. That is why I had some degree of not understanding the
    attitude of the individual in
    question.

    True. I've got my head around the messaging and networking of SBBS (on severa FTNS and hosting a couple of QWK nets), customisation is going to
    take a bit longer, haven't yet looked closely at how the menus are configured.

    Only problem I have is the 2D address support in SBBSECHO when handling point AKA's.

    As I see it as a Sysop the personalization of one's BBS is a seemingly never ending process. <g>


    Jeff




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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Jeff Smith on Sat Dec 3 20:30:00 2016
    Jeff Smith wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Only issue I had with the Linux installation is the compile time is significan ( over an hour) on a Pi 1B+, but it installed smoothly. ;)

    Must be the difference in the hardware as SBBS compiled here in less
    than 12 minutes on a 10 core 64b pc with 32 gb of ram.

    Yes, I'm sure the difference in hardware would explain the compile time. :)

    Only problem I have is the 2D address support in SBBSECHO when handling point AKA's.

    I haven't tried running sbbsecho as a point, but I did have it feeding a point.
    Actually, I still do, though the point address is more a placeholder for a future Fidonet address than actually being used.

    As I see it as a Sysop the personalization of one's BBS is a seemingly never ending process. <g>

    True. :-)


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Jeff Smith on Sat Dec 3 08:37:04 2016

    01 Dec 16 05:07, you wrote to Vk3jed:

    Only problem I have is the 2D address support in SBBSECHO when
    handling point AKA's.

    i've seen your posts about this but i'm not sure i understand the problem...

    there are two schools of process on this...

    1. nodes and points add their net/node address to the seenby and path lines
    2. nodes and points leave it to their hub to add their net/node address to the seenby and path lines

    as long as they are added is what matters... the hub can add it because it knows the PKT came from you... it knows this because of the PKT headers... any post in the PKT that doesn't have seenby or path is assumed to be sent by the system that created the PKT...

    yes, it is best if each system add their net/node to the seenby and path lines... in the case of a point system, the node processing the point's mail must take into account that the point may or may not have already placed its net/node in those lines and the node should act accordingly... if the processing node is the point's boss, it should not skip processing the message (or call it a dupe or set it aside because of CPD) because its net/node already
    exists in those lines...

    yes, FTNs should have long ago moved to another format that allows for full 4D and 5D addressing in the seenby and path lines... there is/was an extension method of doing this that was started and maintained by at least one BBS and tosser... i think X-PTH was the path line it used... i'm not sure about the seenbys... the ugly about it was that both standard and enhanced lines were carried in the messages and both needed to be maintained and updated as necessary which was frought with peril as many tossers simply passed on the enhanced lines as is...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Sampsa@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Sat Dec 3 16:23:00 2016
    Tony Langdon wrote to Jeff Smith <=-

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    Jeff Smith wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Only issue I had with the Linux installation is the compile time is significan ( over an hour) on a Pi 1B+, but it installed smoothly. ;)

    Must be the difference in the hardware as SBBS compiled here in less
    than 12 minutes on a 10 core 64b pc with 32 gb of ram.

    Yes, I'm sure the difference in hardware would explain the compile
    time. :)

    I wonder if there would be some way to cross-compile stuff for RPi's on
    x86 boxes (I know the mechanism exists in gcc, just not sure what you'd
    have to change - the MBSE configure + makefile support cross-compilaton)



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  • From Accession@1:103/705 to Jeff Smith on Sat Dec 3 08:17:28 2016
    Hello Jeff,

    On 01 Dec 16 05:07, Jeff Smith wrote to Vk3jed:

    Only issue I had with the Linux installation is the compile time is
    significan ( over an hour) on a Pi 1B+, but it installed smoothly.
    ;)

    Must be the difference in the hardware as SBBS compiled here in less
    than 12 minutes on a 10 core 64b pc with 32 gb of ram.

    Must be a fairly large difference between the Pi 1B+ and the Pi 3 as well, as it only took (maybe) 15 minutes to compile here as well.

    Only problem I have is the 2D address support in SBBSECHO when
    handling point AKA's.

    That's all it really needs, though. Especially in PATHs and SEEN-BYs because you can't actually provide anything more than that. The think the /real/ issue is where the point software puts it's own address in the PATH which is actually

    the boss node's 2D address. Synchronet (sbbsecho) acting as the boss node then puts it's 2D address in the PATH as well, so you get two of the same address. I

    don't know if that was ever fixed or not. But I would think if some other software were to put it's point address in the PATH, sbbsecho should see that and pass it along without appending the same 2D address.

    This may have been fixed already. I remember bringing it up some time ago, but haven't used any points off Synchronet lately.

    As I see it as a Sysop the personalization of one's BBS is a seemingly never ending process. <g>

    This is probably one of the truest statements of the BBS scene, ever. :)

    Even when you think you're done and happy with it. At some point you say to yourself "it would be nice to have this" and off you go again.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Sampsa on Sun Dec 4 06:42:00 2016
    Sampsa wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    I wonder if there would be some way to cross-compile stuff for RPi's on x86 boxes (I know the mechanism exists in gcc, just not sure what you'd have to change - the MBSE configure + makefile support
    cross-compilaton)

    Should be, though I've never tried cross compiling software. Oh, and it's SBBS I'm wanting to compile, not MBSE, though at least some things could apply to both.


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Accession on Sun Dec 4 07:03:00 2016
    Accession wrote to Jeff Smith <=-

    Must be a fairly large difference between the Pi 1B+ and the Pi 3 as
    well, as it only took (maybe) 15 minutes to compile here as well.

    I believe there is a big difference here too.

    the boss node's 2D address. Synchronet (sbbsecho) acting as the boss
    node then puts it's 2D address in the PATH as well, so you get two of
    the same address. I

    I have seen this behaviour woth my point.

    don't know if that was ever fixed or not. But I would think if some
    other software were to put it's point address in the PATH, sbbsecho
    should see that and pass it along without appending the same 2D
    address.

    That makes more sense.

    This may have been fixed already. I remember bringing it up some time
    ago, but haven't used any points off Synchronet lately.

    I know circular path detection with points was fixed in a later 2.x release (the SBBS boss node would complain about circular paths if the point put its 2D address in the SEENBY line), but don't know about the SEENBY issue.

    As I see it as a Sysop the personalization of one's BBS is a seemingly never ending process. <g>

    This is probably one of the truest statements of the BBS scene, ever.
    :)

    Even when you think you're done and happy with it. At some point you
    say to yourself "it would be nice to have this" and off you go again.

    Hehe. While I was never big on customising UIs, I do enjoy adding new features and functionality. :)


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  • From Sampsa@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Sun Dec 4 02:21:00 2016
    Tony Langdon wrote to Sampsa <=-

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    Sampsa wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    I wonder if there would be some way to cross-compile stuff for RPi's on x86 boxes (I know the mechanism exists in gcc, just not sure what you'd have to change - the MBSE configure + makefile support
    cross-compilaton)

    Should be, though I've never tried cross compiling software. Oh, and
    it's SBBS I'm wanting to compile, not MBSE, though at least some things could apply to both.

    I know - I was just giving MBSE as an example of a BBS program that has cross-compilation designed into its build system.

    I have no idea about the SBBS build system on Linux so can't help you there, just saying it's doable, but not sure if it's been implemented.

    Sampsa



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