Subj : Build Error on 1.0.6 with CentOS 7.1
To   : Eric Renfro
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sun Oct 04 2015 02:00 pm

Hello Eric,

ER> Hmmm.. Interesting. I just checked out that BBS as you mentioned it, and
ER> yeah. Plain jane and simple.

Yep, very simple but also very stable.

ER> I did notice one issue on it though. During registration, you create
ER> an account, one being a unix account, and then the BBS utilizes that,
ER> but when choosing a handle... if you happen to try to use the same
ER> name as your unix account /durint/ registration, it denies it claiming
ER> a user already exists.. Chose to use none, then logged out and
ER> back in after the process was complete, went to settings, selecting
ER> nmy handle, no problems.

I notice something like that too, whenever I log into an MBSE BBS I enter my
handle as Al, but it uses al instead. If I try to change it to Al it says the
username is already in use. I have to change my handle to Joe, log out and back
in and then I can change my handle to Al. MBSE has always been that way since I
have used it. :)

ER> Looks like MBSE has potential, but without a scripting language....
ER> That urks me a lot. Back in the day f me BBSing, I actually switched
ER> FROM Renegade to Telegard, because Telegard had a real(ish) scripting
ER> language. I had gone from RG->TG->RA because of potential powerful
ER> customization. The main reason I even went to RA was because the specs
ER> for using everything from message format to user and file databases,
ER> were completely open, and I already knew a crap ton of Pascal.. So I
ER> ended up programming 50% or more of my BBS in my own custom external
ER> processes that handled everything.

MBSE is an open source project so it can be updated and improved. That depends
on having programmers in the project though, something I can't do myself.

ER> I don't want to do that again. That was a VERY heavy BBS for it's day,
ER> but it /was/ extremely powerful none-the-less. People loved it, which
ER> is what was important most of all.

Yep, if folks don't like it, no one will want to call.

ER> Today, I use Synchronet, and likely going to continue doing so, simply
ER> because it is so powerful yet so simple and lightweight at the same time.
ER> It has nearly everything, minus the mailer itself, and ticcer, but BinkD
ER> and htick fill in those two gaps, qico if you want too for ifcico. :)

Yep, I have built and run Synchronet and I do like it. I don't run it myself
because I could never make it look different than other Sync boards although
I'm sure that can be done, plus there are so many Sync boards that I wanted to
run something different.

ER> And JavaScript, as mentioned before. I've already programmed at least
ER> one publically distributed mod for Synchronet which is a lightbar
ER> driven new area scan selector which is ever so wonderfully useful, ans
ER> I use it myself, especially since I've been adding hundreds of message
ER> bases on my BBS lately. :)

Yep, I do have that little jewel in my filebase as well.. :)

Ttyl :-),
        Al

... You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20150715
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)

You are viewing proxied material from vert.synchro.net. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.