Subj : Re: Rewire fsxnet
To   : Stizzed
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 01:42 pm

-=> Stizzed wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> You don't check your BBS, or your email, for MONTHS at a time?
 Ga> Very difficult to understand that.

 St> Well, (as life sometimes is) its more complicated than that.  Not that
 St> I owe you an explanation but the board pretty much runs itsself except
 St> when a feed goes down or hardware fails (which i do monitor).  Four
 St> other message platforms are humming along happily.  It just 'works'...

 St> Avon logged into my system to notify me of the fsx disconnect when Dan
 St> dropped out but I did not see that message nor any messages from Dan
 St> that he would be going down (though I was told that he sent them they
 St> were purged from my system).  Yeah, I didnt check messages for some
 St> time.

 St> I understand that it may be difficult for some to comprehend but my
 St> 'problems' were an overwhelming 16 month project at work combined with
 St> personal issues at home which kept me away from the board. Perhaps you
 St> don't understand that but work and family are far more important to me
 St> than my personal hobby.  I'm not going into why I do this but lets just
 St> say that boards like Rusty and Edies are long gone.  Most do this for
 St> the nostalgia, not the dollars it brings in.

 St> I'm back and ready to re-connect. I've implemented some updates which
 St> will notify me of activities on the board through personal email
 St> (thanks GodFather).  Ive got a list of updates and changes I want to
 St> make and (now) I have the time to devote.  If fsxnet does not want me
 St> I'll just see my way out.

 St> Hope this helps you to understand...

Not really, but thanks for taking the time to reply.

In general, I've never understood why a Sysop would start/run a BBS, but 
just let it go on "AutoPilot".  As you stated, BBSes are quite different 
than they used to be, and we all run them as a hobby.  Part of the hobby 
is the care and feeding of the board, as I see it, and if one isn't 
going to do that, why run a board at all?  But anyway, good luck!



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