Subj : Re: External mailer
To : IB JOE
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 04:52 pm
MJ> IJ> You cannot use a DOS mailer with a Windows 32bit program. Use a
MJ> IJ> Windows mailer and you'll be able to achieve what you want. SexPOTS
MJ> IJ> with a Windows based mailer will work fine. BTW, if you ran your WC4
MJ> IJ> BBS use D'bridge because it has Binkp built right into it...
MJ> MJ> Does SexPOTS work with virtual modems (eg. an inbound call via TCP/IP
MJ>
MJ> If SexPOTS forwards connections via telnet then it should be able to pass
MJ> callers from a DOS mailer to wcOnline right (because there is no issue
MJ> with direct serial port access or FOSSIL required) ?
IJ> You cannot mix a DOS mailer with a Windows based modem program...
IJ> that's it... download, setup, and test this yourself it does not work.
I believe it can be done. But it depends on how SexPOTS was coded. I am clarifying these details with the author.
IJ> If you have wcOnline I'm sure your BBS has telnet... get your users to
IJ> call your BBS with that... there is absolutely no need to have a
IJ> mailer pass a user... If you want a mailer... setup whatever you want
IJ> and let it run independently of the BBS....
But I need to have my BBS callers see a "Press <ESC> twice for BBS" prompt.
IJ> BTW, I have PXW running with WINServer... if you were to call that
IJ> port PXW would hangup on you and say it's a mail only line. There is
IJ> no need to have a mailer with the BBS to process human callers... I
IJ> have 12 nodes and one is eaten up with mail processes... and that
IJ> leaves me with 10 nodes more than I currently need.
You are not fully utilising Platinum Xpress if you are not enabling BBS callers.
MJ> Can you provide the filenames ?
MJ>
IJ> I only have a half dozen files on my system... They are the only 2
IJ> that say they are WC5 mail tossers... They are there for you...
All I saw was KityMail and NetRunner. One is a mail processor, and the other is a telnet client.
