Subj : Re: Old mail and new!
To   : Ed Vance
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Oct 19 2016 11:43:02

Ed,

 EV@> TTBOMK it was You Two who toyed with the idea of transferring GT Net
 EV@> Mail Packets over the Internet and passed the technique over to FIDONET
 EV@> SysOps.

 EV@> So I'm sure You All can figure it out and get it working as it should.

  A new problem has cropped up. VADV32's FIDONet tosser, VFIDO, is 
apparently once again sending out duplicate MSGID's -- I had netmail
routing problems with it awhile back.

  The options I have (most to least desireable) are as follows:

1) Try to switch the FIDONet style message networks to QWK
NETWORKING -- but not every FIDONet network has that. It 
would be a hassle to switch this, as well as the hubs for
such.

2) REMOVE all the message networks, and make the BBS a
LOCAL MESSAGE BOARD only. The rest of the BBS would remain
the same.

3) Look into switching BBS software...but my options here
are limited:

a) GT Power does have telnet...but no website interface, and
no capability for email. Plus, I don't care for its QWK Mail
setup.

b) Synchronet crashed on me big time in late July...and with
the lack of support and documentation for Mystic, I really
don't want to mess with them.

c) There are so few telnet/web BBS packages out there anymore,
and I really don't want to have to learn a whole new setup;
never mind paying exhorbitant registration fees for some of
these packages.

3) Say "the hell with it", and shut everything down after
25+ years of Sysoping, virtually ending BBSing in Arkansas.

  I don't know how long it will take to get a reply from
the developer of VADV32 (Steve Winn), or if anything can
be done. But, the future of the BBS hinges on it.

 EV@> ... "It Shouldn't Be This Hard" - Leo Notenboom

  But, it is. <sigh!>

Daryl

.... All those updates, and still imperfect!!!
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50
                                                                                                                               
--- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS 
 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)

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