Subj : Webring Reminder
To : Ogg
From : alterego
Date : Mon Jun 01 2020 10:07 am
Re: Webring Reminder
By: Ogg to All on Sun May 31 2020 01:48 pm
a>> IE: Hubs dont sent to hubs, but rather post to the DB and pull from
a>> the DB.
Og> Wouldn't a system like that keep a DB growing and growing like one big
Og> blockchain?
Not necessarily, you would still expire/purge messages as configured per
echoarea.
Og> How would you know when all the old (picked up and received) messages were
Og> all collected?
I havent worked through this in great detail, but I think I was heading down a
path that incoming mail would be queue for collection (a record in a queue
table) - so when that system polled I know exactly what is waiting for them.
(Which then also enables a stats table of who hasnt collected mail.)
%RESCAN would still work as well, resending the last x or days of messages
(probably useful for new systems configured).
Og> So instead of directories full of individual packets or packet bundles per
Og> system, the data was sitting in a database.
Right that would be the end goal. For me to completely realise this, I need to
change binkd (or write a binkd), that built a mail bundle when a connection
came in dynamically. I'm probably going to need help here - I did start, on
this, but I didnt want to re-write a zmodem.
Og> Speaking of ansitex, can you please disable that shell in my account on
Og> your system and reset me to the default? The *nn# commands didn't seem to
Og> respond for me. I couldn't get back to the S)etup screen so that I could
Og> switch to another shell.
Not sure what you meant by didnt respond. I have the "#" and return keys mapped
so selecting a page *516# or *516 <enter> should work. *90# should have taken
you to the familiar Synchronet user configuration page, where you could then
re-choose your shell.
I've probably broken some functionality, as I fixed or enhanced something else
- so I know I have a few things to fix before its ready for prime time. (The
main dev is not on my main BBS, but on an instance of SBBS which isnt directly
accessible.)
Og> Ansitex is not what I thought it was. :( Too much repetative typing for
Og> me.
What did you think it was?
I think its a BBS version of the world wide web. Service providers own a page
prefix (like a domain name for the internet), and can host any page in their
prefix.
Navigating around is by typing a page *nnn...# (like typing an address in your
browser), or navigating via menus. Each page can "link" to another page (as
defined on the page), using the number keys 0-9.
Convention was that "0" would take you "up" to a menu - but it was only
convention not a rule.
When its working, I'll have "about ansitex" on pages *516#, end user help and
system config on a page begining with *9.., and public echomail on *1.. -
leaving pages *200... to *899... (in 3 character prefixes) available to anybody
who wants to host a (set of) pages. (And if they run Synchonet with my shell,
then can author the pages on their system.)
Anyway, I'll share when its a little more robust - thanks for taking a look and
