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    From Vladimir Hrusca@2:303/558 to All on Monday, December 16, 2019 23:30:02
    Hello All!

    I am very sorry for possible stupid question. What BBS over IP Software (Debian
    Linux) exists now? if it will have in addition also www interface as read only,
    it will be excellent.

    best regards,
    Vladimir

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Vladimir Hrusca on Monday, December 16, 2019 16:00:34
    Hello Vladimir,

    I am very sorry for possible stupid question.

    This is not a stupid question, and even if it was you don't need to be sorry for asking a question.

    What BBS over IP Software (Debian Linux) exists now? if it will have
    in addition also www interface as read only, it will be excellent.

    You are describing Synchronet here http://synchro.net. There is also the Synchronet wiki at wiki.synchro.net that is full of info about Synchronet and BBS info in general.

    I am running a new BBS called MagickaBBS http://magickabbs.com

    Magicka has a web interface that you can use to read and reply to messages with
    but the message areas can't be accessed without an account on the BBS.

    You can see mine at http://trmb.ca

    There are many choices for a linux based BBS, Mystic (no web interface for the message areas) and Enigma 1/2 BBS http://enigma-bbs.github.io.

    There are more too but I'll stop there for now.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Vladimir Hrusca@2:303/558 to Alan Ianson on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 07:11:40
    Hello Alan!

    Monday December 16 2019 16:00, you wrote to me:

    There are more too but I'll stop there for now.

    Thank you a lot!

    Best regards,
    Vladimir

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    * Origin: Despice divitias, si vis animo esse beatus! (2:303/558)
  • From Niels Haedecke@2:240/8002 to Vladimir Hrusca on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 13:28:30
    Vladimir Hrusca wrote to All:
    Hello All!

    I am very sorry for possible stupid question. What BBS over IP Software (Debian Linux) exists now? if it will have in addition also www interface as read only, it will be excellent.

    best regards,

    While there are well-known programs such as Synchronet and Mystic, I'd also like to mention a few other options for Linux users to choose from:

    There's Magicka BBS, which is a very new software project that is actively developed by Andrew Pamment. It already has support for Fidonet / Echomail
    and makes use of Linux tools such as sqlite and Mosquitto. It supports scripting via Lua. It's WIP but absolutely worth checking out. (www.magickabbs.com)

    Then there's MBSE which has been around about as long as Mystic (since 1997 I guess). That is the BBS software I use on debian Linux at the
    moment. (www.sourceforge.net/projects/mbsebbs)

    Finally, you may also have a look at bbbs, probably the last commercial BBS software for Linux still available today. License fees can be found on the website. (www.bbbs.net)

    Id' also like to add that all of the above BBS systems are also available / compilable on ARM based Linux distros such as Raspbian Linux.

    Greetings, Niels Haedecke

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    * Origin: Wintermute BBS - Duesseldorf, Germany (2:240/8002)
  • From Vladimir Hrusca@2:303/558 to Niels Haedecke on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 15:58:46
    Hello Niels!

    Tuesday December 17 2019 13:28, you wrote to me:

    Id' also like to add that all of the above BBS systems are also
    available / compilable on ARM based Linux distros such as Raspbian
    Linux.

    Thank you a lot!

    Best regards,
    Vladimir

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  • From Fernando Miculan@4:902/19 to Vladimir Hrusca on Thursday, April 02, 2020 11:16:46
    Hola Vladimir!

    El lunes 16 de diciembre de 2019, Vladimir Hrusca le escribió a All:

    I am very sorry for possible stupid question. What BBS over IP
    Software (Debian Linux) exists now? if it will have in addition also
    www interface as read only, it will be excellent.

    Synchronet, Mystic, EleBBS good options and support perfectly over IP technology. But Elebbs not support native www, only with scripts. I don't know if Mystic support this service.

    Saludos!
    .:Fercho:.
    LW8DFM
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    * Origin: ..::Fercho BBS::.. Telnet: ferchobbs.ddns.net:2323 (4:902/19)