Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Hello from Herbies-BBS
From:    Dumas Walker (21:1/175)
Date:    Wed Oct 21, 2026 14:24

PF> -=> Dumas Walker wrote to Nigel Reed <=-
PF>
PF>  DW> That sort of depends on the network.  Some NCs want any
PF>  DW> system that doesn't accept incoming mail traffic 24/7 to
PF>  DW> be a point, regardless of whether or not the system takes
PF>  DW> callers.
PF>
PF>  Not sure how you'd not accept mail but accept callers? I don't
PF> think
PF>  any othernets recognize zone mail hour, although it'd be a
PF> nice retro
PF>  touch if someone did set up an old BBS system that supported
PF> it.

I believe it came up in terms of systems that are not online 24/7 for either mail or callers, i.e. part-time systems or ones that are offline a lot for other reasons.  Also, being a hub I have learned that there are some systems (misconfigured or otherwise) that are perfectly capable of making outbound mail calls but don't have a reachable mailer up.

PF>  I loved Opus CBCS, hated storing each message as a separate
PF> file.   :(

I have vague memories of it.   ;)


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