Linux-Hams archive - May 1998: Re: BBS message forwarding

Re: BBS message forwarding

Karl F. Larsen (enxtk@237.udn.pl)
Thu, 21 May 1998 06:45:05 -0600 (MDT)


Jeff, I think you need to fix whatever is wrong with your system
first. The F6FBB software for Linux is running on my Linux at this moment
and has been doing so for over a year. When I configure it wrong it does
not run well. But when the configuration is right it just runs in it's
window and today has 2300 messages on it.

Suspect your new to Linux. It is a hell of a learning curve! But
well worth doing. Running Linux gets real fun at some point. Now I get mad
at DOS because all the things I use in Linux do not work in DOS...:-)

On Sun, 10 May 1998, Jeff Grammer wrote:

>
> I have tried TNOS, F6FBB and DPBOX and all fail miserably on my system
> (F6FBB even crashes the kernel). Therefore, I had a thought. I have on
> another system Windows/NT running MS Exchange on it. What if I take one of
> the Linux BBS systems re-code it and do a message store and forward over to
> MS Exchange via SMTP? This is a *very* simple mechanism but I have no idea
> if it can be done, I just now thought of it.
> Does anyone know if this can be done? (I don't mean forward SMTP messages to
> Exchange that's easy it's just and MX record in the DNS) I mean port a
> regular BBS system to Packet Radio? One like "drealmBBS", "xbbs", or others
> that come with a Linux distribution?
> Is this a stupid idea?
> 73 KF4WTM
>
>

Best wishes

- Karl F. Larsen, 3310 East Street, Las Cruces,NM (505) 524-3303 -