Subj : mbse add on facility To : Vince Coen From : Tony Comandini Date : Mon Jan 02 2017 14:49:34 > Hello All! > Well, the mbse current programmers: > I have a wee need - > Do you know of a software add-on etc that runs under Linux (or any if source > available) that can read a file of banned posters by Echo area by name and/or > address that can be run while tossing? > Under Mbse I have a space for pktdate which I am currently using although I > doubt has any real purpose these days that can be replaced with such a tool. > I am thinking of a file that it would read holding three elements: > EchoArea Name NetAddress e.g., > FIDO_SYSOP David Bloggs 3:1234/9876 > FIDO_SYSOP * 3:1234/9876 > * * 3:1234/9876 > Where '*' is global for any. > Or is there some other way of doing so. > Trying to find a way of removing Troll traffic from one or more echo areas. Hello Vince, there is a particular Fido area which is now "land of troll" for your particular request I think that you can elaborate something using sed and awk with a cycle of for before toss the packet. Tony --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3 * Origin: = Laser BBS = London, UK = bbs.laserbbs.co.uk:2424 (2:250/5) .