Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: Clrghouz
From:    TheWebExpert(21:3/254)
Date:    Wed Oct 14, 2026 08:53

On October 14 2026, deon wrote:
 DE> So today, clrghouz passed a valiant milestone (for me), for a project
 DE> that I started many years ago. The first commit was in Mar 2019. It
 DE> now services on average a 100 systems daily - not including the few
 DE> that are trapped in the network block because they are polling it
 DE> every minute or two and havent realised yet.

 DE> It's holding a little over 1.3m messages across multiple networks with
 DE> 150 users (although about 1/3 are no longer about), and it's all
 DE> running on a Raspberry Pi CM5. I'm constantly surprised that this
 DE> little board runs clrghouz as well as it does.

 DE> When I started the project, I had many ideas (still do), and a number
 DE> of folks (mainly in fidonet) were discouraging my ideas - some still
 DE> do. A few thought it was a wasted effort, and some laughed at the idea
 DE> to support new packet formats and exchange methods. One person had a
 DE> "visceral reaction" and thought it was "techno-dick nonsense". They
 DE> also called it a Rube Goldenberg contraption which I had a little
 DE> chuckle at. Hopefully now, I can claim that clrghouz has been run in,
 DE> field tested by many users, and can handle the workload of our little
 DE> hobby.

 DE> Like many who come back to the scene, they have come back with many
 DE> ideas for this little hobby of ours - and some have implemented their
 DE> ideas (love reading about new BBSes) and some have about faced because
 DE> of those discouraging folks. Anybody who reads the detractors, I want
 DE> to implore you to continue your efforts, if anything for your own
 DE> curiosity, benefit and/or enjoyment. There are many folks here who
 DE> will appreciate your efforts above and beyond those that detract it.

 DE> I hope to see more people bring new ideas and software to this hobby,
 DE> while maintaining the history that brought us here. And if you need
 DE> any help or have ideas, I'd be happy to explore them with you.


 DE> ...δεσ∩
 DE> --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
 DE> * Origin: I'm playing with ANSI+videotex - wanna play too? (21:2/116)

I appreciate what you setup, it allowed me to jump back into the bbs
scene with very little effort to join different networks without needing
to worry about tons of different applications and setup. It just works
and I really appreciate it.

.... The Adventure BBS (HTTPS://BBS.OURBIRDHOUSE.CA)

--- The Adventure BBS http://bbs.ourbirdhouse.ca
 * Origin: The Adventure BBS (21:3/254.0)
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