Subj : Re: Message to all
To   : Robert Wolfe
From : ib joe
Date : Thu Jul 16 2020 12:49:12

On 17 Jul 2020, Robert Wolfe said the following...
 
 RW> -> RW> "All" usually sends the message to "All."
 RW> ->
 RW> -> Nope, it doesn't.  Writing a message to All in WINServer is like
 RW> -> write a message to ALL in a FidoNET echo.  a cc is not sent out to
 RW> -> all your users. Most BBS packages have this feature.  I left a
 RW> -> message on the WINServer listserver and what I found out is that I
 RW> -> would need to buy the wcReports package.  Santronics, or Mustang
 RW> -> Software, made a choice at some point to spread needed features over
 RW> -> 2, 3 or 4 different programs so that a SysOP was forced to buy 2, 3
 RW> -> or 4 different programs.  I have spent soooooo much  over the years
 RW> -> supporting Santronics.... I am just not going to spe other dime so
 RW> -> that I can cc a message to all my users.
 RW> 
 RW> So you are wanting to send the same message at once to every user on your
 RW> system individually?  Seems like an easy job for a wcCODE module to me. 
 RW> But, you are right.  A lot of other BBS packages do have this feature
 RW> built in.
 RW> 
I know most, if not all, other packages have that built into the package. 
Most of these packages are free, and even under development as well.  I just
paid a few hundred dollars to get the latest version, up to speed on the
AUP... whatever...
I am a hobbiest.  I really don't care about all the extended features some
people may want to use.... I have always leaned towards the terminal side.  I
may just keep WINServer as a game server, I have a load of wcx games
registered.... Not sure exactly what do do... we'll see ... Mystic has
everything I want, and more, but I talked myself out of that and paid money
Santronics...

fTelnet kicking my ass like it's 2020 for the rest of my life... learning some
Linux along the way... installed apache web server on my pi to see if I'd get
the same error with a different web server.... and YES I did... piss me off.

More to come....:)

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
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