Subj : Re: BBS-independent MRC client (door)?
To   : paulie420
From : StackFault
Date : Tue Feb 23 2021 07:47:29

 pa>  Al> Any pointers that developers in this community can give me, would be
 pa>  Al> greatly appreciated :)
 pa> 
 pa> I am no developer, but it seems like some other folks are also working
 pa> on MRC;
 pa> 
 pa> Stackfault has said that he's thinking about an update to add
 pa> functionality, kind of an MRC 2.0 where he fixes some things and gives
 pa> it a little more ability.

I maintain the server portion and the documentation wiki, any serious
developer can reach out to me and we will work something out.

 pa> aNACHRONIST is well on his way to porting MRC to the cNet Amiga BBS
 pa> Software; he reports that it should be up and running on aBSINTHE
 pa> sometime next week.

It's gonna be daBomb! MRC on CNet is really cool!

 pa> MeaTLoTioN mentioned in passing that he might wanna add some functions
 pa> to his Johnny5 BOT...

New MRC version has support for utility and services, this will add the
possibility to developers wanting to develop services to use MRC to give an
interface. This will use a distinct entry point and services will be limited
to their own rooms or private messages to avoid cluttering the chat rooms.

 pa> even newcomers, like NUKE of Westwood, were trying to fart around and
 pa> make the ENiGMA.5 version of MRC work a little better with /commands.

Absolutely!

 pa> My point is, remember that theres community here. Maybe reaching out to
 pa> one or more of these rockstars would save you a bunch of time and/or
 pa> keep you away from hitting deadends or issues that they may have just
 pa> experienced or went thru??

 pa> While MRC is rock-solid on the Mystic BBS Platform, you really feel the
 pa> differences when going to almost any other platform. I invite any doors
 pa> that will allow more sysOps to run and use MRC... we're right at 100
 pa> BBSes connected to MRC - and I think that its STILL in infancy and can
 pa> go higher. There are entire softwares with no MRC solution... I think
 pa> your idea of a door-based MRC client is a good one, that would service
 pa> MANY of the 'other' BBS softwares. The WWIV guys would dig it, amongst
 pa> others.

Send anyone my way if they are serious about developing it and we'll make it
happen.

Cheers!

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