Are any modern BBS software backed by sql database to store user
content like messages, emails, etc? Corollary: how reliable are
Mystic, Synchronet, Talisman in storing and retrieving data?
reddit / bbs

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Neat-Peach3196 · 2023-12-13 20:07

I think you’re worrying about problems of scale that don’t exist.

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Android8675 · 2023-12-13 22:31

Network message bases like Synchronet DOVENet can be easily re-synced
by just telling your uplink to send everything. Takes like 2 minutes
on a decent internet connection.

Agree with Neat, this is a weird thing to worry about. Mythic,
Synchronet at least use modern storage methods, unless you do
something silly, rarely will you encounter issues. Never used
Talisman. I consider everything on my board that's a message as
disposible. Just like to backup all the customized settings so I can
"easily" restore from a default installation should the worse happen.

In Synchronet that's the /sbbs/mods folder and anything i've modified
in /sbbs/text folder. maybe /sbbs/xtrn games that are particularly
difficult to configure (of course the new .js stuff is silly easy to
setup, and most of my "doors" I just use bbslink or door party).

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robbiew · 2023-12-14 00:39

Talisman BBS use sqlite3 for data storage. So, you can pop open a GUI
tool like DB Browser and browse/query. Or, you can use Talisman's
built-in luascript along with \`3Lua-Sqlite3\` installed w/luarocks to
make CRUD calls directly. I do this for BBS mods when there isn't a
direct hook available.

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13_0_0_0_0 · 2023-12-14 01:24

[Enigma](https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs) is modern. It uses
SQLite for a data store. My only gripe is the lack of terminal-based
configuration (the configuration is a variant of json).

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NuSkooler · 2023-12-14 01:25

ENiGMA uses SQLite, doesn't bother with any of the old message formats
other than import/export.

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SixFootDigger · 2023-12-14 04:57

I just checked out your site and read the little message on the front
page intro and it made me so happy and feel so nostalgic I haven't
been on a BBS since I was about 14 in the early 90s and I want to
check it out so bad I need to figure out how to make an account

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apam1981 · 2023-12-19 01:55

Talisman uses sqlite3 only for email messages (private messages
between users - not internet email) for normal messages it uses Squish