Subj : External s/w requirements for bbbs ?
To   : Chad Adams
From : Sean Rima
Date : Sun Feb 06 2022 02:49 pm


   Hello Chad!

06 Feb 22 08:15, you wrote to me:

 >> Hello Vincent!
 >> 05 Feb 22 01:05, you wrote to all:
 >>> Does bbs have it's own mailer, echo and file processors etc ?
 >>> I.e., is it a complete system ?
 >>> Only ask as a quick read of the manual?  does not indicate that.
 >> Run it here, highly stable and everything needed is included. Not
 >> the easiest to setup, but once you get used to it, it is ok. I have
 >> mine on a headless Ubuntu server, but have run it on a Raspberry Pi
 >> which similar results.

 CA> Interested in knowing how you run the wfc screen. Do you run it in the
 CA> background or something?

 CA> Right now, I use screen and just detach but I’d rather run it just as
 CA> a forked  process. Maybe in the future, we can get a forkable command
 CA> that runs binkp call outs instead of a really old wfc screen. Most
 CA> folks run headless and even more  on VPS servers where we can’t run
 CA> wfc screens.


Never used it with Screen as the ubuntu box, a light weight embedded dell PC that i stuck Ubuntu on. There is no need for screen. I can ssh into the box and use BBBS from the command line. Or telnet in if I need to read netmails. Or http(s) in as well :)

I tend to use binkd/hpt for point or bluewave mail for my own ftn echo stuff.

BBBS starts at boot up using the @reboot cron event. I don't put the bbbsd onto standard ports simply to stop a lot of crap coming through trying to hack. I just cron mail processing every 5 minutes



Sean
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