Subj : Re: HUB ops
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Avon
Date : Fri Jun 10 2022 12:30:07

On 06 Jun 2022 at 08:23a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> -=> Avon wrote to apam <=-
 pF> 
 pF>  Av> I confess the Mystic setup up for auto removal and one place to
 pF>  Av> add/remove a node vs 3-4 config files is far more appealing..
 pF> 
 pF> I'm doing the same thing in Fidonet and Micronet. I miss having a
 pF> graphical  tool to zap outbound mail waiting for a node that's no longer
 pF> connecting. I  need to find the .?lo file and manually delete the files.
 pF> 
 pF> Then, edit areas.bbs and tickit.ini in a text editor, remove the node
 pF> from  Synchronet, re-run makenl, and so on.
 pF> 
 pF> I suppose I could spend some time to write a script to do it all, since
 pF> at  the end of the day it's all text configs.

Yes when things run at scale that's when I miss the all in one features stuff to do that automated admin... having many text files to stay on top of whist giving more granularity also brings more admin overheads...

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