Subj : Telnet BBS software programming/project (using VB.NET) To : alt.bbs.internet From : Chris Morse Date : Mon Oct 20 2003 03:56 pm Hi, I'm wondering if anyone here programs with VB.NET and is interested in writing a telnet BBS system. It seems that this group seems to be mostly advertisements for internet BBS systems. Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I don't know of any other group. That, and I think most of the audience here is not really involved with programming a BBS system; mainly running one. I have been working on the BBS server software. It's far from done, but it currently lets any number of clients connect (multi-threaded), and so far I have it so that you can enter "NEW" at a login prompt and it will welcome you as a new user and ask some questions, like what username and password you want, etc. The whole system is tied to a back-end database that keeps track of users, activity, etc. It will also keep track of other things, such as online game information, message bases, etc. The server uses a plugin interface so that new functionality can be added or changed while the server is running (implemented as external DLLs/assemblies.) The interface is completely open so that anyone familiar with VB.NET can add new things such as new games (multi-user, too). Plugins are basically loaded and called dynamically at run-time and are passed a "server" interface for reading/writing and database access. With that, just about anything could be implemented.. The current base-functionality I plan on implementing: (1) Message Base (2) BBS Mail (3) Multi-User Chat (4) File Area (upload/download) (5) Voting Booth Is anyone else developing anything similar? Anyone interested in collaborating with this? If so, I could create a "workspace" at GotDotNet.com for the project. Cheers! // CHRIS .