Subj : Re: Blam BBS List question
To   : alterego
From : The Godfather
Date : Wed May 27 2020 00:47:17

 al> Would somebody have a telnet mailer and BBS on different ports? Most
 al> telnet mailers (that I am aware of anyway), use a "press ESC to go to
 al> the BBS" type function (and said BBS probably cant handle direct telnet
 al> anyway). And anybody who didnt have a mailer, would connect that port to
 al> the telnetable BBS anyway.
 al> 

I'm not aware of any.  However, if you HOST a network (forgive my niativity)
and someone changes their BinkP port, how does a network admin change it on
their end?  Is it a flag, or something else?  Being ignorant to running a
network, I'm unfamiliar with how that side functions from an admin
prospective.  But the simplicity would seem you go into a menu, or node list,
and change the telnet port where the telnet address is listed.  

However if its flag related, I'm afraid I'd have to read Pauls prior email
when more awake, and research that side of the softare.  

To your point, and not just for me, but a lot of new BBS's that seem to be
ressurecting, the nodelist is an excellent place to discover new BBS's and is
used by scripts to allow users to call BBS's.  Script aside, as any flaw
within a script can obviously restrict a port to 23, if the nodelists via
flag or telnet address reflected accurate telnet ports; then I would agree
that it would be incredibly beneficial to the web ring.

Lastly, this is not an FSXnet only issue, mystic issue, script issue.  Even
the National BBS list doesn't seem to like ports that exceed 4 digits.  I'm
stuck in a waiting room for the owner of the site to approve a white list to
allow traffic to telnet to me via that site.  So lesson learned, keep the
port at 4 digits or less, not 5.  However that is not the problem here, as
there are a few BBS's with 5 digit ports, that work via BBS script Telnet
features.  However, I can only attest to my BBS as I'm making my rounds
editing the port on other BBS listings, that indeed it's possible for a BBS
to telnet into mine using the same script as others; however most that are
not using port 23, appear to fail to connect, on most BBS's.

While I realize this is a minor "issue" comparatively to other projects on
peoples plates ... If the webring is an attempt to connect FSXnet BBS's to
users discoverd on the web; it might be a good idea to be sure our BBS's can
connect one another via node lists and BBS scripts as well.  Just my 2 cents.

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 * Origin: The Underground [@] theunderground.us:10023 <-port (21:1/165)

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