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Re: Re: Zone 2 Down?
By: Al to alterego on Sat Jul 25 2020 02:04 am

I have changed over to MBSE so I don't have the ability to poll you with

Hello Al

How do you like and what are you running it on top of, I tried installing it
a while back and ran into nothing but trouble and really never got it install.

Tell me more if you would.




-Havok










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Havok wrote to Al:

I have changed over to MBSE so I don't have the ability to poll you

How do you like and what are you running it on top of, I tried installing it a while back and ran into nothing but trouble and really never got it install.

MBSE is not as simple to install as other packages. It's not really hard
either but you have to understand what you are doing and why.

If you have questions about installing or running MBSE just ask.. :)

Tell me more if you would.

MBSE is a strong mailer/ticer/tosser. A sysop with many links will like it
as well as those linked nodes. That might be my bias showing there.. ;)

The BBS side of MBSE is a little thin but most features work as intended.

I have never advertised it but you (or anyone) is welcome to check out the
BBS at telnet://trmb.ca

When you log into MBSE for the first time you need to answer all the usual questions, real name, alias etc. At the end of that you will be asked to
create a username and password for login and then it will hang up. You can
then login with that username (you might use havok) and password to log into the BBS.

I read recently that there was a new developer in the MBSE BBS crew so there may be new features or fixes coming to MBSE.

I could talk about MBSE in great detail if anyone wanted to hear it.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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I could talk about MBSE in great detail if anyone wanted to hear
it.

sure :)

i remember trying out MBSE but did not like that it creates a linux user
for every bbs user.

Mindsurfer

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Mindsurfer wrote to Al:

i remember trying out MBSE but did not like that it creates a linux user
for every bbs user.

I never cared for that either but it does work. It is good in that it stores passwords securely outside of the BBS. If you ever back up your BBS you have
to remember to take a copy of your /etc/passwd file also.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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i remember trying out MBSE but did not like that it creates a
linux user for every bbs user.

I never cared for that either but it does work. It is good in that
it stores passwords securely outside of the BBS. If you ever back
up your BBS you have to remember to take a copy of your /etc/passwd
file also.. :)

maybe i give it a second try. but yes, how to backup mbse and all home
folders and how to keep it seprerate from a second bbs on the same system
is interessting to me.

Mindsurfer

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Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail areas it has not received? Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this is handled?

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On 03 Oct 2020, 09:30p, Avon said the following...

Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail areas
it has not received? Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this is handled?

Yes, HPT will create the message bases as long as you have defaults that you give it. There are some that get set up under the links, and then you can set further defaults for each network.

Here's what I have for uplink defaults:

LinkDefaults begin
ArcmailSize 1000
PktSize 500
allowEmptyPktPwd on
allowPktAddrDiffer off
Packer zip
Level 200
ForwardRequests off
AutoCreate on
CreateAreasCase lower
delNotReceivedTIC on
areafixName AreaFix
ArcNetmail on
packNetmail off
EchomailFlavour crash
netMailFlavour crash
Flavour crash
AutoAreaCreateSubdirs off
filefixName FileFix
FileEchoFlavour Normal
AutoFileCreateSubdirs off
areafixAutoCreateFile /home/dan/husky/areas
filefixAutoCreateFile /home/dan/husky/fileareas
LinkDefaults end

Then, the defaults for fsxNet echos:

EchoAreaDefaults -b Jam -g fsx -a 21:1/186 -dupecheck move -dupehistory 1100 EchoArea FSX_BBS /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_bbs -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_BOT /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_bot -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_CRY /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_cry -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_DAT /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_dat -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_ENG /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_eng -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_GEN /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_gen -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_HAM /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_ham -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_MAG /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_mag -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_MYS /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_mys -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100 EchoArea FSX_NET /home/dan/mystic/msgs/fsx/fsx_net -g fsx -a 21:1/186 21:1/100


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Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail areas it
has not received?

Yes.

Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this is handled?

I haven't used the feature in many years but you can give a link the ability to




























































































































do this with the keyword "AreafixAutoCreateDefaults".

If BP has this setup he may have a better handle on it than I do. It's a tricky




























































































































option to setup. I think you'll need "AutoAreaCreateFile" also depending on your setup.

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Re: Re: HPT
By: Al to Avon on Sat Oct 03 2020 01:46 am

I haven't used the feature in many years but you can give a link the

ability to do this with the keyword "AreafixAutoCreateDefaults".

If BP has this setup he may have a better handle on it than I do. It's a

tricky option to setup. I think you'll need

"AutoAreaCreateFile" also depending on your setup.

Yup, I have that set for hubs but not nodes.

...ëîåï

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On 03 Oct 2020 at 02:46a, Black Panther pondered and said...

On 03 Oct 2020, 09:30p, Avon said the following...

Will it happily create new message areas when it tosses echomail area it has not received? Can you set up defaults for how/where etc. this handled?

Yes, HPT will create the message bases as long as you have defaults that you give it. There are some that get set up under the links, and then
you can set further defaults for each network.

Good, as I want to merge down (ultimately) the 3:770/1 21:1/100 and 21:1/10 HUBs into one system.

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On 03 Oct 2020 at 01:46a, Al pondered and said...

Yes.
I haven't used the feature in many years but you can give a link the ability to

do this with the keyword "AreafixAutoCreateDefaults".

With thanks :)

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On 04 Oct 2020, 09:37a, Avon said the following...

Good, as I want to merge down (ultimately) the 3:770/1 21:1/100 and 21:1/10 HUBs into one system.

I might do that here as well. Once I get everything set up for the Hub 4 change, I may just put it on the CRBBS system. Then I would have another
system that I would have to find a use for... ;)


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http://www.castlerockbbs.com
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