Subj : Downlinks and points
To   : Alpha
From : deon
Date : Wed Jan 13 2021 08:31 am

  Re: Downlinks and points
  By: Alpha to all on Tue Jan 12 2021 08:43 am

 Al> BUT I am looking for recommendations on a better way to manage downlinks
 Al> for points... Typically, I run something like Mystic or Synchronet as the "main" bbs, as it makes handling downlinks pretty straightforward with
 Al> its admin interface. Talisman actually makes it easy, too, just with
 Al> text files. 

 Al> I was wondering if there was a way to run the front-end (e.g.
 Al> routing to the BBS main and points) *without* it running through a
 Al> specific BBS, as that BBS software may change at some point. Something
 Al> tells me there's a way, perhaps running as my own personal hub using
 Al> Husky or something? 

Sure, you could run a "hub" (like I run the Hub for Net 3 - which is BBSless), but your hub would technically be a "boss".

There are 2 ways. You do the husky compile install thing, binkd compile/install and you might find having something like golded useful as well, or you can pull my fidohub docker image and run with it.

The second option you docker install (which would take about 30s) and then docker run my image with a few config items, that I'm happy to help you with if you are interested in this path.

Once running you would configure binkd with your point details, and husky with the areas and you are set...

Yell out if you would like help either way.

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