• Magicka Update

    From apam@21:1/188.4 to All on Sunday, March 19, 2017 05:24:00
    Hey

    This is a testmail in disguise :) I've renamed my crashmail2 fork and
    have included it in the Magicka repositiory, so just want to make
    sure it works.

    What's new:

    * Build System - You don't need to build individual tools now,
    everything is build including dependencies in one go.

    * Broadcast Protocol now sends JSON messages - I'm planning to add
    broadcast support to my crashmail fork as well so you can get a nice
    desktop notification anywhere on your LAN when mail is tossed.

    * NetBSD support - I now have everything building and running on
    NetBSD (as well as FreeBSD, macOS and Linux)

    What's Next:

    * Chat overhaul - I plan on ripping out the IRC client chat system
    and putting in a new JSON based multi BBS chat system (much like ERC
    on enigma 1/2, and like a simplified version of MRC)

    Thoughts & Ideas:

    * I liked the idea of Instant messaging in a BBS and am toying with
    the idea of a built in XMPP server or something similar that would
    allow instant messages across the bbs, to a supported client and
    inter bbs. Not sure how it will work though.

    * New Mail Scan Overhaul - I'd like to have a better new mail scan
    which actually shows the mail messages rather than just a summary of
    what's new.

    That's about all for now :)

    Andrew

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    * Origin: Trapdoor! A Magicka OSX Test BBS (21:1/188.4)