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  • D'Bridge mailer still viable?

    From "NOMAD" to FidoNet.FIDO_UTIL on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 22:16:36
    Hi, I've got an old D'Bridge mailer and was wondering if this is still a
    viable utility. I have an old license for it so would like to consider using
    it w/Synchronet if that is the preferred util for that. If not, I'm
    interested in hearing what most other people are using.

    I still have an old Searchlight BBS system running on an old system which I
    can fire up too, and I'd like to upgrade the hardware and utilities for that
    as well, making it completely interfaced with the Internet. I'm not looking
    at this time to provide POTS connectivity, although I do want to set that up without announcing the phone number.

    Any input/discussion on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
  • From Sean Dennis@1:11/200 to "NOMAD" on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 06:20:16
    Hello, "NOMAD".

    On 06 Apr 04 at 22:16, "NOMAD" <NOMAD@vert.synchro.net> wrote to FidoNet.FIDO_UTIL:

    Hi, I've got an old D'Bridge mailer and was wondering if this is still
    a viable utility. I have an old license for it so would like to
    consider using it w/Synchronet if that is the preferred util for that.
    If not, I'm interested in hearing what most other people are using.

    You should actually talk to Ward Dossche (Fidonet International Coordinator) about that-he's still running D'Bridge. I am not sure about if it's Y2K, etc. I knew one other sysop running D'Bridge, but he's long since disappeared, sadly. He said he did have it working nicely though when he did have it running.

    I still have an old Searchlight BBS system running on an old system
    which I can fire up too, and I'd like to upgrade the hardware and utilities for that as well, making it completely interfaced with the Internet. I'm not looking at this time to provide POTS connectivity, although I do want to set that up without announcing the phone number.

    What operating system are you running it under? I know that there is a freeware telnet engine/FOSSIL driver solution for Windows (GameSrv/NetFOSS) that I have used before with great success with Telegard, Maximus/NT and Shotgun. I currently run SIO/VMODEM under OS/2 (a great combo :).

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Bo Simonsen@2:236/100 to "NOMAD" on Thursday, April 08, 2004 01:00:48
    Hello "NOMAD".

    06 Apr 04 22:16, you wrote to FidoNet.FIDO_UTIL:

    Hi, I've got an old D'Bridge mailer and was wondering if this is still
    a viable utility. I have an old license for it so would like to
    consider using it w/Synchronet if that is the preferred util for that.
    If not, I'm interested in hearing what most other people are using.

    I bet it would work out with Synchronet, because Synchronet can use AttachMail Outbound Style too, which D'Bridge is using..

    I've done some work with SquishMail (Maximus's Echomail Processor), and there is some comments about D'Bridge, If it doesn't work with Synchronet, I'll send Rob those "changes".

    Bo

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  • From Bo Simonsen@2:236/100 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, April 08, 2004 01:02:22
    Hello Sean.

    07 Apr 04 05:20, you wrote to "NOMAD" <NOMAD@vert.synchro.net>:

    You should actually talk to Ward Dossche (Fidonet International Coordinator) about that-he's still running D'Bridge. I am not sure
    about if it's Y2K, etc. I knew one other sysop running D'Bridge, but
    he's long since disappeared, sadly. He said he did have it working
    nicely though when he did have it running.

    Roger Nelson/Ray Geneburn (they are sending from the same nodenumber) is still running D'Bridge, I've seen a message from him yesterday in ALASKA_CHAT.

    Bo

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