Subj : getting better at this!
To   : all
From : Alpha
Date : Thu Jan 28 2021 15:12:03

All,

OK, I now have what I'd consider to be a solid early start to my Talisman
BBS! Basics are all working. Added my 4th FTN network without any
issue, 100% utilzing Postie.
 
Turns out I also had a binkd problem -- when running via cron, I needed 
full paths. Once I echo'd to logs I found why I wasn't getting mail:
 
FYI, this is my working cron:

---

*/5 * * * * /home/robbiew/bbs/ftn/poll_bink.sh  >
/home/robbiew/bbs/logs/cron.log 2>&1

---

(that's all on one line when adding via 'crontab -e')
 
Then my poll_bink.sh file:

---

#!/bin/bash
UPLINKS=("637:1/100@happynet" "21:4/100@fsxnet" "77:1/100@scinet"
"1337:3/100@tqwnet")  
for uplink in "${UPLINKS[@]}"
do
  /usr/local/sbin/binkd -p -P $uplink /home/robbiew/bbs/ftn/binkd.conf  >
done

---
 
So, the next network I want to add is fidonet, but there are just to many
echos to add these manually. Will probably need some sort of import
script?
  
Lastly, I just moved my BBS from a Pi in my home office to a robust
Digital Ocean VM -- what a difference. I was getting garbled ANSI on
my pi, probably due to connection issues with my crap DSL service, too
many people using Zoom in the hours -- and with all the weather: power
surges and blackout.   

But it only took me about 1/2 hour to go from a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 VM to a
fully working Talisman BBS with echomail. Getting t

.