Subj : Re: Getting Excelsior BBS back into FidoNet and AmigaNet
To   : Dave Vandermeer
From : Tim Grooms
Date : Fri May 18 2018 05:28:06

  Re: Re: Getting Excelsior BBS back into FidoNet and AmigaNet
  By: Dave Vandermeer to Tim Grooms on Sat Apr 28 2018 11:42:23

 > On 04/24/18, Tim Grooms said the following...
 > 
 >  TG> Hi all,
 >  TG> I have just set my Excelsior BBS back up via telnet on my A1200 after
 >  TG> having been down since 1996.  I carried both Fidonet and Amiganet echoe
 >  TG> back then.  I am wanting to set this up again but no longer have a
 >  TG> landline, I am strictly using telnet only. \
 >  TG>
 >  TG> Cam anyone help direct me what software I should use to get
 >  TG> Fidonet/AmigaNet going again with Excelsior?
 >  TG>
 > 
 > All you need to do is replace Trapdoor with BinkD for transferring packets t
 > and from your host. Nothing else changes.. You still use E!'s mail processin
 > tools. You just can't launch a node from BinkD like you can from trapdoor
 > because all binkd does is transfer mail. you will still need to setup a
 > working telnetd.device for each node you wish to run (change unit # for each
 > node)
 > 
Ok thanks.  I'm going to look into binkd.  Does anyone know what the last
version number was?
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