Subj : Re: Doors/Utility Suggestions? To : alt.bbs.doors From : BlueWolf Date : Mon Sep 15 2003 11:08 pm "Black Jack" wrote in news:3F656325.234.bbsdoors@coronais.synchro.net: >> >> 1: door.sys <-> door32.sys program >> >> why: There is a barrier between people that run a 16-bit bbs >> and want to run a 32-bit door game or utility. Simply, >> because of a fossil driver problem. I run a 16-bit bbs >> and want to run 32-bit doors. (platform: windows :( ] > > Good luck. I have sorta go it working on a work around. >> 2: Usenet Group message base utility > > SynchroNet already supports this and is freeware..... > Yes, but what I am talking about is a third party type of utility not something that is hard coded into a bbs package. Sorta like ice edit, but with a options of tossing it into different types of message formats, *.msg (squish), pkt, jam base, hudson, and synchro. >> 3: BBS Listter > SynchroNet has this and is Freeware. Yes, but something not hard coded. >> 4: Telnet Door > > Synchronet has a telnet door for other telnet BBS's. Don't know about > dial-up. Wouldn't they have to have another node going out? Why not > just go to telnet completely? Just put this on the list, because I saw that someone else requestted the funtion. Personally I don't like the idea of a user being able to telnet out of a bbs to another one. It does encourage someone to make fake accounts. One way I keep track of users with more then one account is to log thier IP. Which is kind hard with dynamic ip urls, but it does cut down on the multi accounts and cheatting on the ibbs games. >> 8: email validation utility to a bbs. > Yup. It's in the free Synchronet package..... I know, but I would like to have a option of using this kind of thing on different bbs packages. You brought up a good point. Synchronet has alot of these extra options and features you don't find in other packages. My question is that since Synchronet is open source and freeware. Would it be hard to port these options features to a stand alone platform and be able to set them up as third party utilities on different bbs packages. I ask this, because I don't know c and have very little knowlegde on how to program in java, (baja). bluewolf .