Subj : FSED "Save as Draft" and REPLY kludge
To   : Scott Street
From : Nick Boel
Date : Tue Sep 02 2025 17:17:34

Hey Scott!

On Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:18:20 -0400, you wrote:

 > a)  it tried to be everything -  BBS, Mailer, Tosser/Packer,
 > Scheduler... etc.   Would have been much better to just be the BBS. 

You can enable/disable each and every one of those things you listed, and turn it into "just a BBS" if you want to. All of those features were requested by many sysops over the years, and were also alpha and beta tested by many (probably less than the first mention of the many that requested them) for years after they were added.

 > b) Not open source; this is minor in the grand scheme if the developers
 > support the product actively, but if said developers decide to abandon
 > the project - I would have liked them to make arrangements to "pass the
 > torch" as it where.

IIRC, he tried open sourcing it quite some time ago (over a decade now, probably), which led to a lot more problems than he cared to deal with, so he closed it back up. It's been his work, and only his work for over 30 years. I highly doubt he is going to pass the torch unless/until he is completely done with it.

If you don't agree with how he manages his own software, there are other open source BBS software projects - maybe even ones that don't have the features you don't seem to like - out there for you to get involved with.

Regards,
Nick

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