Subj : HPT Up and Running To : Dan Richter From : mark lewis Date : Sun Jun 30 2019 23:43:18 On 2019 Jun 30 16:05:40, you wrote to me: ml>> whoa! i have like 5 or 6 groups in effect for one network, alone... ml>> plus i use Z for all newly autoadded echos... i've not done anything ml>> with DR> I'm just using one group per network, for the most part. I do have DR> another group set up for the usenet newsgroups that I carry, and I get DR> those from multiple hubs, so it gets a bit interesting. I also work DR> with 4 different hubs just for fidonet as well... yeah... some of what i use groups for security levels were used for in the past... there were times, however, that i couldn't do what i want to with security levels, though... like higher levels have access to lower levels but i need one level for X and another one for Y with no crossing the line... ml>> FDNs yet... anyway , at 5 groups per network, i'd run out of groups ml>> at 5 networks joined... i reall y like sbbs' 8 character groups... ml>> they're DR> Are you referring to groups in hpt? well, both hpt and golded in this point setup situation and thinking about if it were a full node with multiple feeds and downlinks... DR> If so, you can have many more groups. I've stopped using single DR> letters for groups, and started using 'fido', 'fsx', etc. It makes it DR> a lot easier to keep them straight in my head... i didn't know that htp could do multiple character groups but then i've not dug in further since i got everything set up and workinig like it is... ml>> nicer than the single characters once used a lot better than the 4 ml>> characters ones that came later... i was just abou t hitting my ml>> limits in fastecho, too, when i was running it... especially when h ml>> aving to DR> It's been awhile since I used Synchronet. I do have it running on one DR> of my systems, but it's acting as a FTN<>QWK gateway for a couple DR> networks. I really don't even look at it that often... :) it is my main system now since hurricane florence came through... it handles all my hubbing stuff as a backbone star... ml>> block access to the individual beta testing areas and private echo ml>> area s i carry... i won't even mention limiting access to zone ml>> restricted sysop only areas and the like ;) DR> I haven't even worried about that, as I don't have any feeds outside DR> the zone. :) :) )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... Never eat anything larger than your head (void when removed). --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .