From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.sysop

Hi Everyone. Well after many years of going without a board, I'm finally starting another one. I just downloaded Slackware 10.2 last night and
installed it plus Synchronet 3.13 on a little Dell Optiplex GX1 (400Mhz) I bought for $20, so with this and some time getting things situatedI should
have my board up soon :)

For me, it's more then just nostalgic... I want the BBS to be the center of most of my Internet activity outside of WWW. I want to do IRC,
Newsgroups, email, everything through my board. It'll be nice to have one place to go for everything :) Also a BBS for me is perfect to drop those
files I want to share with friends and others.

For now I'm getting my ToDo list going:
- Get a Linux ANSI editor or TheDraw working via DOSEMU
- Get with either Austin or Dallas Fidonet NC for mail
- Setup DoveNet Mail
- Add more newsgroups (only have 2 right now)
- Customize BBS
- Have fun !!!

As for now the working name is Life is Bunk BBS and it's at lifeisbunk.homelinux.com, but I'll soon have it at lifeisbunk.com. Also something I've
decided is not to have games. I know most boards now'days that are VERY popular are mainly game boards, but I never was much of a gamer. Maybe if the
board evolves I'll start setting up games, but for now it's just getting it up and going.

Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Last time I ran a board was around 5 years ago with Synchronet and FIdonet mail coming from a guy in Canada. The
time before that was around 1991 or so with Renegade. So I'm anxious to get back into it :)

Sam

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* Life Is Bunk BBS - Waco, Texas - telnet://lifeisbunk.homelinux.com
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.sysop

Hmmm. I posted this message from the board, but now I'm looking at it
on Google. I'm using Pico as my mail editor because I'm very familiar
with it (used it for MANY years) and it seems to work well. Problem I
now see is it adds line feed where it shouldn't. Any ideas on how to
fix this?

My server is Synchronet 3.13 on Slackware 10.2. Thanks --

Sam

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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.sysop

To: Sam Alexander

- Customize BBS

Well I can help with that part.. For starters check my Synchronet File area.. I just added a lot of mods.. Many of them I use so if you download any of them and have any problems I may be able to help with getting them working..
I run the Windows version so anything that is linux specific I cant help with but anything that is just Synchronet in general I will try.. Ive been online with Synchronet since Dec of 04 this time around.. Also ran the old dos version back in the day..

- Setup DoveNet Mail

I would suggest doing this ASAP.. Deuce is one of the main Linux people so if you have any questions about Synch and Linux he is a good source to have avaiable and the easiest way is through DoveNet..


...Bend the facts to fit the conclusion. It's easier that way.
Join StarNet today.. Http://starfrontiers.dyndns.org

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* Star Frontiers - Moore, OK - telnet://starfrontiers.dyndns.org
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