Subj : External s/w requirements for bbbs ?
To : Chad Adams
From : Sean Rima
Date : Sun Feb 06 2022 02:49 pm
Hello Chad!
06 Feb 22 08:15, you wrote to me:
>> Hello Vincent!
>> 05 Feb 22 01:05, you wrote to all:
>>> Does bbs have it's own mailer, echo and file processors etc ?
>>> I.e., is it a complete system ?
>>> Only ask as a quick read of the manual? does not indicate that.
>> Run it here, highly stable and everything needed is included. Not
>> the easiest to setup, but once you get used to it, it is ok. I have
>> mine on a headless Ubuntu server, but have run it on a Raspberry Pi
>> which similar results.
CA> Interested in knowing how you run the wfc screen. Do you run it in the
CA> background or something?
CA> Right now, I use screen and just detach but I�d rather run it just as
CA> a forked process. Maybe in the future, we can get a forkable command
CA> that runs binkp call outs instead of a really old wfc screen. Most
CA> folks run headless and even more on VPS servers where we can�t run
CA> wfc screens.
Never used it with Screen as the ubuntu box, a light weight embedded dell PC that i stuck Ubuntu on. There is no need for screen. I can ssh into the box and use BBBS from the command line. Or telnet in if I need to read netmails. Or http(s) in as well :)
I tend to use binkd/hpt for point or bluewave mail for my own ftn echo stuff.
BBBS starts at boot up using the @reboot cron event. I don't put the bbbsd onto standard ports simply to stop a lot of crap coming through trying to hack. I just cron mail processing every 5 minutes
Sean
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