Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: New (proposed) door drop file format, for review and discussion
From:    TheWebExpert(21:3/254)
Date:    Wed Sep 30, 2026 21:04

On September 30 2026, Geri Atricks wrote:
 DM>> https://github.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/blob/master/docs/dropfile_ini.m
 DM>> d
 DM>>
 DM>> Not implemented anywhere yet (not even in Synchronet), purposely, so
 DM>> as
 DM>> to give the community time (mainly door and host/BBS/server authors)
 DM>> time to give feedback. I do plan to implement support for this format
 DM>> (once it's finalized) in Synchronet BBS software and some of my new
 DM>> doors.

 GA> In the mean time, may just need to put out a drop file converter with
 GA> the first door. Like we had back the old times when just about every
 GA> BBS used it's own drop file format.
 GA> ---

 GA> -Dallas Vinson

 GA> ... Help! I can't find the "ANY" key.

 GA> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
 GA> * Origin: Legends of Yesteryear (Dothan, AL, USA) (21:3/235)

I do that already
On my door server … it generates like 5 different ones automatically so
i do not have to mess around

I think if the doors are awesome enough to justifying a new format
people Will do that …

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