Subj : Re: External mailer
To : Marceline Jones
From : IB Joe
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 11:48 am
On 28 Feb 2021, Marceline Jones said the following...
MJ> MJ>
MJ> MJ> If SexPOTS forwards connections via telnet then it should be able to
MJ> MJ> callers from a DOS mailer to wcOnline right (because there is no issu
MJ> MJ> with direct serial port access or FOSSIL required) ?
MJ>
SexPOTS is a small application that would bridge between your Mailer and the BBS. SexPOTS is a windows 32Bit app and it's not compatible with a DOS mailer. If you have a windows based mailer in conjunction with SexPOTS it'll pass a caller to a telnet-able BBS.
If you want an example of my setup I have NetSerial/WINServewr/PXW... telnet to JoesBBS.com port 3141 and you'll be able to connect to that kind of setup. In this setup I have PXW working on 1 of my 12 nodes... mainly because having PXW working on all my nodes will not improve the user experience... BTW, I have only started using PXW again.... and doing so did not increase the user experience .... It's just not needed with todays systems..
MJ> IJ> You cannot mix a DOS mailer with a Windows based modem program...
MJ> IJ> that's it... download, setup, and test this yourself it does not work
MJ>
MJ> I believe it can be done. But it depends on how SexPOTS was coded. I am
MJ> clarifying these details with the author.
MJ>
Good luck...
MJ> IJ> If you have wcOnline I'm sure your BBS has telnet... get your users t
MJ> IJ> call your BBS with that... there is absolutely no need to have a
MJ> IJ> mailer pass a user... If you want a mailer... setup whatever you wan
MJ> IJ> and let it run independently of the BBS....
MJ>
MJ> But I need to have my BBS callers see a "Press <ESC> twice for BBS"
MJ> prompt.
MJ>
Why do you "NEED" to have users press esc twice?? Why is these this "NEED" for that?? You won't be impressed with PXW then... it doesn't make the user press escape twice ... call my BBS JoesBBS.com port 3141
MJ> You are not fully utilising Platinum Xpress if you are not enabling BBS
MJ> callers.
MJ>
I have 12 nodes, one dedicated to mail only. That leaves me 11 other nodes to handle callers.... at best that leaves me 7 or 8 more than I'll need... and if I need more I'll add more... magic!!!
Right now, 95% of my mail is passed via BinkD... and as I have said there are a few WINServer sysops passing mail around with PXW...
TTYL
IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
-=JoesBBS.com=-
