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- From: radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel)
- Subject: Re: FAQ request, plus two question.
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- References: <1992Dec12.100519.24028@sfu.ca>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 18:01:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec12.100519.24028@sfu.ca> wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) writes:
- > Hi, I was wondering if this newsgroup has a FAQ, and if so, where can
- >I get one?
- >
- > Questions: I'm currently a sysop of a Remote Access bbs system, and
- > have a couple of feeds from different local Networks,
- > as well as a national one(InterSports). I'm planning to
- > switch to Linux operating system, which means that I will
- > no longer be able to utilize Remote Access; however, the
- > question is: Is there a Unix-based(or linux-based) bbs
- > system which has the capability to toss normal (fidonet-style)
- > message packets? If so, would I also require a front End
- > mailer system, like I am using right now for Remote Access-
- > that is, FrontDoor? .
- >
- > Any help would be appreciated; flames aren't.
- >
- >Thanks.
- >
-
- A couple of months ago, I and a few others were actively involved in porting
- BinkleyTerm, rfmail, and Pirate-BBS to Linux 0.98pl2.
-
- Amazingly enough, we got most things working, although there still appeared
- to be a few bugs, and I had /no/ documentation for rfmail. With a little
- work, you might be able to get things really going, but you're going to
- have to know C and UNIX pretty well before you dive into this.
-
- As I recall, BinkleyTerm is at tsx-11:/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/bt3023.T.Z;
- ParseList (a nodelist processor) is in /p/l/s/u.b/plst.T.Z. Not sure where
- Pirate BBS can be found; do an archie search for rfmail.
-
- In short: it's possible, but it'll take some work. Good luck!
-
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