I made a new mod that allows a user to search for files in an inter-bbs way. The mod includes a client and server script. The client-script has a TUI that prompts the user to enter a search query and then send this query to the appropriate _DAT echoarea ex. FSX_DAT.

The server-script, will scan the in-bound message base area ex. FSX_DAT, parse the queries it finds, make the search into the file bases of a BBS and then send the results via Netmail, personally to the user made the initial query.

The report sent back, contains the filenames and descriptions of the files match the result and also the name of the BBS. This way the user knows where
to find a file and connect to that BBS.

With this mod, all file bases of all BBSes are connected and create a unique file storage, that the user can search.

You will find the mod at Another Droid BBS as xq-ibfs.zip and also at all FSXNet, SCINet, DoreNet affiliate BBSes as they hatch the file.

I hope that you will like this project and integrate it to your BBS. As always any help can be provided via this echoarea or at my email (xqtr#gmx.com).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

With this mod, all file bases of all BBSes are connected and create a unique file storage, that the user can search.

I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sounds pretty nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of those, well, it'd be downright amazing.

E.g., looking for a specific BBS-related item, can't find it on the internet, figure it probably exists...

I'll be sure to add it before too terribly long, after it hatches and comes through.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

On 01 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

I made a new mod that allows a user to search for files in an inter-bbs way. The mod includes a client and server script. The client-script has
a TUI that prompts the user to enter a search query and then send this query to the appropriate _DAT echoarea ex. FSX_DAT.

That sounds pretty sweet. I'll definitely install it over here and check it out. Thanks for all your efforts.

Immortal

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)

I tried it on Another F-ing BBS....
Gave me an Error on Line 71
The mpl did not work at all...
Don't know why... Too tired to dive into it now...

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sounds pre nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of those well, it'd be downright amazing.

My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and couldn't
find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it,
you should have to connect to each one of them.

So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

I tried it on Another F-ing BBS....
Gave me an Error on Line 71
The mpl did not work at all...

What version of mystic you use? I did receive some queries from Another F-ing BBS... which i think i shouldn't :?

I have only tested the scripts in my "environment", so some debugging and help from all of you is necessary :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

What version of mystic you use? I did receive some queries from Another F-ing BBS... which i think i shouldn't :?
I have only tested the scripts in my "environment", so some debugging
and help from all of you is necessary :)

I am running under Mystic A44. Windows version

I don't remember what version of Python I have installed, I was getting the error message from the .mpy file (I set it up under PreUser...)

It appeared that the .mpl did nothing at all.

Just f.y.i.

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

Another question...

Under the .mpy... bases_id =
Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base number...
I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that long?

Many Tanx...

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

Under the .mpy... bases_id =
Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base
number... I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that long?

Theoretically you could, it's just Python, but because it would be a lot of work to do it like [1,2,3,4,...] you could easily do it like this:
bases_id = range(500)

In case you have a message base in between that you don't want to share, you can then easily remove it like:
bases_id.remove(100) --> will remove base id no 100

:: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

On 02 Aug 2020, garycrunk said the following...

Another question...

Under the .mpy... bases_id =
Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base
number... I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that long?

I've got it running over here under A45 linux. Make sure you edit both the .mpy and .mps files and put in the correct info. I believe you need to put
in each file base number you want it to scan, not the group number. So I
guess if you have 500 file bases then thats a lot of base numbers to enter on that one line. Maybe it would be better if xqtr could make it default to
scan all bases and then have an exclude line for bases we do not want scanned instead?

Immortal

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)

On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

Under the .mpy... bases_id =
Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base number... I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that lo

Theoretically you could, it's just Python, but because it would be a lot of work to do it like [1,2,3,4,...] you could easily do it like this: bases_id = range(500)

In case you have a message base in between that you don't want to share, you can then easily remove it like:
bases_id.remove(100) --> will remove base id no 100

Cool I will try that out, that would be much easier than adding every single file base. Maybe note that in the script for us non coders :)

Immortal

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)

Cool I will try that out, that would be much easier than adding every sing file base. Maybe note that in the script for us non coders :)

Yes will do.

Also i think something is going wrong... i see you and garycrunk did some searches but the results came to me. Did you receive the results?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

Yes will do.

Also i think something is going wrong... i see you and garycrunk did some searches but the results came to me. Did you receive the results?

Yes I did. My own system responded to me as well, not sure if that is
as intended.

From: Another Droid BBS
To: Immortal
Subj: IBFS // Report
Date: 08/02/20 08:43
Base: Netmail

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inter BBS File Search // v1.0

Results Report ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date : 2020/08/02
Time : 08:43:58
BBS : Another Droid BBS

String : TDRAW463.ZIP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Base: DOS BBS Utils
+ File : TDRAW463.ZIP
THEDRAW SCREEN EDITOR VERSION 4.63 - (10/93)
A text-oriented screen design tool. Similar
is some regards to a graphics paint program.
Offers multiple page SPRITE editing, powerful
Ansi ANIMATION support, Ansi/Ascii FONTS,
pulldown menus, full mouse support & online
help. Saves files for ANSI, ASCII, AVATAR,
PCBOARD, WILDCAT, COM, BINARY, BSAVE, OBJECT
(C/Pascal/QuickBasic), and source code in Asm
Pascal and C formats. Registr: $22-$25

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

Immortal

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)

On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

Cool I will try that out, that would be much easier than adding every file base. Maybe note that in the script for us non coders :)

Yes will do.

Also i think something is going wrong... i see you and garycrunk did some searches but the results came to me. Did you receive the results?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)

I entered a wrong netmail address, and the mod just hung forever. Just reporting for ya. I used 21:1/100; and when I hit search, the mod hung
forever there.



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)

Yes I did. My own system responded to me as well, not sure if that is
as intended.

Yes it should. Every system that has the script installed it should report back, only if it has results to show. Otherwise nothing happens.

By default only 10 matched files are returned, intensionally not to flood the echoareas with big msgs.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

I entered a wrong netmail address, and the mod just hung forever. Just reporting for ya. I used 21:1/100; and when I hit search, the mod hung forever there.

The ibfs.mps script, doesn't use the net address in a way, that it would hang the system. It only gets the net address as a string field and creates the search query, which is also text (a simple message). Just check line 107-124
in ibfs.mps.

So the thing that your system hanged up, by entering a "wrong" net address, i guess it has nothing to do with the address it self. Perhaps there is
something wrong in the setup of the script, check again the variables at lines 44-54 that are correct, or perhaps the message base you chose to send the queries is locally corrupted.

The only reason i let the user to enter a net address, is because perhaps the user is a visitor to that bbs and wants to receive the reply/results in
another one. But i think this is not going to happen often, so i may make the net address to be a constant and not entered by the user.

Please try again and see if this happens all the time or it happened just
once. Also check the configuration is correct. The mod is new and needs
testing to find any bugs, but with your feedback bugs will be corrected.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

I entered a wrong netmail address, and the mod just hung forever. Jus reporting for ya. I used 21:1/100; and when I hit search, the mod hun forever there.

The ibfs.mps script, doesn't use the net address in a way, that it would hang the system. It only gets the net address as a string field and creates the search query, which is also text (a simple message). Just check line 107-124 in ibfs.mps.

It was on your BBS. :P Just reporting to you.



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)

It was on your BBS. :P Just reporting to you.

oh... that's better cause i tested it, with wrong and correct net address and works fine. Perhaps it was something accidental or you bumped on a time that the system makes updates and because of the sdcard, it takes time and seems like is halt. who knows. but it's not a bug, unless it is repeatable :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

On 04 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

It was on your BBS. :P Just reporting to you.

oh... that's better cause i tested it, with wrong and correct net
address and works fine. Perhaps it was something accidental or you
bumped on a time that the system makes updates and because of the
sdcard, it takes time and seems like is halt. who knows. but it's not a bug, unless it is repeatable :)

Yes sir... I was just letting you know- I'll try to mess it up again. :P HA! Kidding, but I will login and try it again as I was checking it out before I run it on my BBS. :P Hopefully I'll soon be a node in your mod.

You rock; I just scored 65k on Video Poker X. 3.5 hour long game, that I had
to quit with 50+ turns left because time ran out on DreamLand BBS. How the heck did I do that!??!?! LOL. <--- It wasn't a bug, I swear!!! :P



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)

I just wanted to say....

I installed it on Another F-ing BBS...

Works Great so far...

Excellent Idea and nice programming...

You always put out quality programs that are not only functional, but damn Useful also...

My hat's off to you!

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

You rock; I just scored 65k on Video Poker X. 3.5 hour long game, that I h to quit with 50+ turns left because time ran out on DreamLand BBS. How th heck did I do that!??!?! LOL. <--- It wasn't a bug, I swear!!! :P

I always didn't like too hard games. I remember playing an arcade video poker machine, and dropping a lot of coins/credits to it :) so i made this a little bit to the easy side ;) So... i have to add more porn/nudes on it? ha? :) hahaaha

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

You always put out quality programs that are not only functional, but damn Useful also...

oh... you make me blush :) Thank you for your kind words.

I just like BBSing, that's all ;)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

I just wanted to say....
Excellent Idea and nice programming...

You always put out quality programs that are not only functional, but
damn Useful also...

+2



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)

You rock; I just scored 65k on Video Poker X. 3.5 hour long game, tha to quit with 50+ turns left because time ran out on DreamLand BBS. H heck did I do that!??!?! LOL. <--- It wasn't a bug, I swear!!! :P

I always didn't like too hard games. I remember playing an arcade video poker machine, and dropping a lot of coins/credits to it :) so i made
this a little bit to the easy side ;) So... i have to add more
porn/nudes on it? ha? :) hahaaha

LOL... on *my* BBS, I've added all the more-current nudey ANSIs; crediting
the authors of course... I might try to edit the code to RANDOMLY display
those ANSIs, and to allow more than 30. (Which if it were random, might not require editing anything other than the random bit..)

Any suggestions of how to doso? --Thats not a 'do it for me' grab... I'm
trying to learn MPL--- should I study Python, or....?

THANKS for *all* of your mods. They really make BBSing... BBSing. :P



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)

I've set it up on Storm BBS, and attempted a test search for "FSXNET", so hopefully my BBS has joined the ranks of searchable BBSs.

My only suggestion so far is that it'd probably be good to mention either in sysop.txt or ibfs.mps that one should compile the mps after editing it.

I don't _think_ I missed that direction, but once the menu command just
caused the screen to re-display, it was my guess for what had happened.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

My only suggestion so far is that it'd probably be good to mention
either in sysop.txt or ibfs.mps that one should compile the mps after editing it.

Yes you are right, but because for me is so "obvious" i forgot to mention it
:) I all ready have done some minor changes, so will also add this in the sysop.txt, thank you.

I don't _think_ I missed that direction, but once the menu command just caused the screen to re-display, it was my guess for what had happened.

I don't quite get you, what do you mean? the ibfs.mps takes the search string and, the address, bbs name etc and creates a slightly encrypted message in the designated area. The "hard work" is done by the ibfs.mpy script :)

:: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

I've set it up on Storm BBS, and attempted a test search for "FSXNET", so hopefully my BBS has joined the ranks of searchable BBSs.

Responding to myself, but wanted to update to say that I've gotten netmail messages back from Another Droid and Storm BBS. It's been no more than 16
hours or so, so hopefully more BBSs come back with something (I'm assuming "FSXNET" will appear at most Mystic BBSs).

Though now I'm wondering if I should be running an event every few hours or something, rather than in prelogin, as I assume most people would like
results on the faster side.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

My only suggestion so far is that it'd probably be good to mention either in sysop.txt or ibfs.mps that one should compile the mps after editing it.
I don't _think_ I missed that direction, but once the menu command ju

I don't quite get you, what do you mean? the ibfs.mps takes the search

Those two items were related. I ran it without compiling it, so I assume that when I hit the menu key, Mystic attempted to run the script, found nothing,
and just displayed the menu again.

It's hard for a script to work when it's not being run. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

Possible issue with the InterBBS File Search...

I did a Search for "Motel Kalifornia"...

Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the other searches baffled me....

Just FYI...
====================================================

From: Lightning BBS
To: garycrunk
Subj: IBFS // Report
Date: 08/06/20 20:21
Base: NETMAIL

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inter BBS File Search // v1.0

Results Report ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date : 2020/08/06
Time : 20:21:09
BBS : Lightning BBS

String : MOTEL KALIFORNIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Base: BBS Doors
+ File : mm46.zip
"Murder Motel v4.6"
------------------------------------------
The original MURDER MOTEL! 4.6
Don't settle for a substitute
Now supports all BBS's, Fossil drivers
Base: BBS Doors
+ File : pit417.zip
THE PIT v4.17 - Online Fantasy Combat Door
This Door features multiline interactive chat
and combat. Players battle monsters and other
players in an arena setting. The game also has
EGA/VGA graphics with mouse support. A remote
terminal can be run to see graphics remotely.

A Classic Door Game from Midas Touch Software.
Base: LORD IGM's
+ File : LORDF100.ZIP
LORD Fix V1.0 by G.A.C. Computer Services
is an IGM utility that fixes a problem with
many LORD IGMs running on Major BBS Systems.
LORD Fix allows most IGMs that will only work
locally, to work correctly remotely. LORD
Fix is placed in the LORD directory and
modifies the files read by the IGMs to allow
them to work correctly. LORD Fix is
shareware, but it is free to anyone who
registers Vanadia's Arena of Warriors.
Base: [fsx] Mystic BBS Utils, Mods etc.
+ File : xq-gophlog.zip
/\_________/\______/\______/\_______
\\ / //
_\ / / / / / __/ / /
/ __/ / /____/ \ __/jp!
//____/ \__ / ___/ /___/ \
==== /______\/ /==\_____// =/______\\==
::::::::::://____\:::::::::::::::::::::::
=========================================
GophLog v1.0
-----------------------------------------
maintain a gopher site and a http site,
remotely, using Mystic BBS. you write
your blog once and is exported as Gopher
and HTTP site, at the same time.
MPY // Linux // RPi
-----------------------------------------
Base: Spitfire Related
+ File : SFPAGER.ZIP
SFPAGER v1.0; Simple utility for SPITFIRE to
turn on and off the pager remotely (or
locally)
Base: Wildcat 5 Related
+ File : mtnews5.zip
*-=-=-=-=-=-* Make The News *-=-=-=-=-=-*
v1.00
ANSI and HTML Newsletters Generator
for Mustang Products
Wildcat! v5.xxx BBS and WIN Servers
Written entirely using wcCode v5.0!
*-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-*
5
* Creates and updates all your Newsletters!
5
* Options to create in both ANSI and HTML!
5
* Uses the Wildcat! v5 full-screen editor!
5
* Update your latest Newsletters remotely!
5
* Creates your Newsletter updates OFFLINE!
5
* Registration gets you a clear conscience!
5
* FULL details included in README.TXT file!
5
**** Copyright(c)1996 Nbasic Software *****

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)

============================================================

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the other searches baffled me....

reMOTELey :)

Andrew


--- TitanFTN (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: Wunderlust BBS - wunderlust.ddns.net:2023 (21:1/126)

reMOTELey :)
Andrew

--- Um... Damn... I didn't even think/see that...

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the other searches baffled me....

:) it's fine. You got the other results because they contain the word "reMOTELy" ;) For the time being, the search is partial and case insensitive. Also the search, if it has more than one word, it will search for each one, like an OR type of search. So even if one word is matched it will return it as a find.

Perhaps in a future version i will make it to accept OR,NOT, AND operators, wildcards, case sensitivity etc.

:: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

From: Lightning BBS
To: garycrunk

Out of curiosity, where have you received results from? E.g., did any come
from Storm BBS?

My test search looked on my BBS, Another Droid, and Lightning BBS. Hopefully eventually there'll be at least dozens of BBSs involved, and xqtr will have
to start considering how to reduce the volume of responses.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

On 07 Aug 2020, apam said the following...

Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the othe searches baffled me....

reMOTELey :)

LOL its like a word search puzzle. I didn't see it either until you said something.

Immortal

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)

LOL its like a word search puzzle. I didn't see it either until you said something.

Hehe. I thought it would be something like that, so sat there and tried
to figure it out... so yeah, just like a word search puzzle :)

Andrew


--- TitanFTN (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: Wunderlust BBS - wunderlust.ddns.net:2023 (21:1/126)

:) it's fine. You got the other results because they contain the word "reMOTELy" ;) For the time being, the search is partial and case

I know... Apam pointed that out to me... I didnt see it... Now I do... :/

Perhaps in a future version i will make it to accept OR,NOT, AND operators, wildcards, case sensitivity etc.

Personaly, I don't think it's necessary... It seems to work just fine. I personally would not change it... If its not broke... Dont fix it..

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

Out of curiosity, where have you received results from? E.g., did any
come from Storm BBS?
My test search looked on my BBS, Another Droid, and Lightning BBS.

I've only received results from Another Droid and Lightening...

But I've only done 2 searches... Startrek and Motel Kalifornia.

If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for that
you know you have and I will let you know the results.

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for
that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

May as well go with "fsxnet", as that was my test. I tended to assume that
any FSXnet BBS would have that in their file areas.

But perhaps some people don't host the FSXnet files or haven't added those as file bases.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

Hello Adept,

Out of curiosity, where have you received results from? E.g., did any
come from Storm BBS?

My test search looked on my BBS, Another Droid, and Lightning BBS. Hopefully eventually there'll be at least dozens of BBSs involved, and xqtr will have to start considering how to reduce the volume of
responses.

There is also the FILEFIND echo in Fidonet and othernets also.

In that area you can post a query To: Allfix with your search terms on the subject line, /motel /door etc. You need to put "/" before your search term for most bots to perform the search.

I don't currently have a bot that will reply to those queries but Allfix, BBBS and MBSE_BBS does have the ability to do that and there are likely more that I don't know of.

That echo has been up and running since the mid '90's at least.

Ttyl :-),
Al

--- GoldED+/LNX
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)

There is also the FILEFIND echo in Fidonet and othernets also.

Interesting! I was unaware of this, and evidently it's been around since 1991.

Now if only there were (maybe there is, but my 2 minutes of searching didn't come across it) a guide for setting up such a thing on Mystic BBS so I didn't particularly have to figure it out. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

Re: Re: InterBBS File Search
By: Adept to Al on Sat Aug 08 2020 06:45 pm

There is also the FILEFIND echo in Fidonet and othernets also.

Interesting! I was unaware of this, and evidently it's been around since 1991.

Yep, I've found many a file in there over the years.

Now if only there were (maybe there is, but my 2 minutes of searching didn't come across it) a guide for setting up such a thing on Mystic BBS so I didn't particularly have to figure it out. :)

There is none that I know of. I wonder if this new app xqtr is working on can be made to do that along with what it is already doing?

I don't know but that would be sweet..

Ttyl :-),
Al
--- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)

All I received back was from Lightening and Another Droid BBS's....
Nothing from yours.

Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)

All I received back was from Lightening and Another Droid BBS's.... Nothing from yours.

Well, huh.

I haven't had any data sent to my FSX_DAT before (that I was aware of), so maybe it's something set up on my side? I don't have any good idea on what
the cause would be.

I looked at the IBFS logs, and saw that it had processed one message in
FSX_DAT when I did my test FSXNET search, but otherwise it hasn't seen any messages.

Is there some setup thing that I might've missed, that you're aware of?

I suppose I should just read xqtr's code and stop being lazy on figuring out what it's doing, and get some ideas on what it's not doing, but... being
lazy. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

I suppose I should just read xqtr's code and stop being lazy on figuring out what it's doing, and get some ideas on what it's not doing, but... being lazy. :)

So I did a quick read through the code, and realized that it's sending just fine, and looking where I'd expect the code to look for messages.

But I don't really know how data gets to my FSX_DAT message base when it
comes from another BBS. I was expecting it to just be another echomail
message, or maybe a netmail message, but neither are arriving -- nothing in a different FSXnet base, either, so far as I can tell.

So I feel like I'm missing something, but don't have the knowledge base to
have a good idea on what I'm missing.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

On 01 Aug 2020 at 02:15p, xqtr pondered and said...

You will find the mod at Another Droid BBS as xq-ibfs.zip and also at all

I apologise, I'm just hatching this now. Have been quiet in BBS for a few
weeks and will be for a few more due to work and family, but will get this
done now. Sorry Xqtr.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/05/28 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

I apologise, I'm just hatching this now. Have been quiet in BBS for a few weeks and will be for a few more due to work and family, but will get
this done now. Sorry Xqtr.

No problem :) We all have been quiet lately and this IBFS mod, was something i had in my "drawer" for months now and always i was postpone it, because of other issues.

Things are getting crazy, globally so it's normal for all of to be out of our "comfort zone" or our routine. :)

:: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sound nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of well, it'd be downright amazing.

My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and
couldn't find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it, you should have to connect to each one of them.

So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

Hi, i would love to check it out. is there a weblink to download it? i have like 65 gigs of downloads on my BBS i am hosting.

also is there a BBS that i have to subscribe to for it to work?

Thanks
- Gamecube Buddy

telnet --<{bbs.hive32.com:23333}>--

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Hive32 (21:4/129)

On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sound nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of well, it'd be downright amazing.

My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and
couldn't find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it, you should have to connect to each one of them.

So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

You know what would also be interesting is using P2P VPN connections between BBSs to share resources, and files and such. it would be kind of interesting.

Thanks
- Gamecube Buddy

telnet --<{bbs.hive32.com:23333}>--

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Hive32 (21:4/129)

Hi, i would love to check it out. is there a weblink to download it? i havelike 65 gigs of downloads on my BBS i am hosting.

You can find the mod in all FSX, DORE, SCI net BBSes... what's made for the BBSes, stays to the BBSes ;)

also is there a BBS that i have to subscribe to for it to work?

You have to be subscribed to an echonet. All search queries are made via echomail. The thing is, that for other BBSes to reply, they must be on the same echonet, you are sending the queries. For the time being FSXNet is the best choice to get more replies and queries, via its FSX_DAT area. The instructions are in the mod archive.

:: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/23 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for
that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

Well, huh, that was a message from long-ago for some reason.

But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running just
made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

I think the concept is super neat, but haven't wanted to put the effort in to figure out what was messed up with my setup.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

Well, huh, that was a message from long-ago for some reason.

But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running just made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

Yeah, Gary hasn't been heard from in a l o n g time..



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Ratz |12.|06-|04"|06 -,_( )|08__) |02freeside|08.|02bbs|08.|02io|08:|0223|08

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/03/16 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Freeside BBS - freeside.bbs.io:23 (21:2/114)

But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

Yeah, Gary hasn't been heard from in a l o n g time..

Yep. Occurred to me shortly after that it was a message from a year and a few weeks ago, not a few weeks ago.

Anyway, nice when people stick around for a long while, and sad when it's not quite like that.

I am kind of wondering how long this instance of me BBSing compares with how long I did it as a kid.

I'm definitely already passing some milestones on total amount of days, but
at the same time, I am nowhere close on amount of hours.

Though, having said that, I wasn't thinking about how I just drew a daily calendar, so maybe it's a wee bit closer than I was thinking.

Anyway, hopefully eventually I'll spend a few more hours trying to figure out InterBBS File Search. Still a neat concept, still something I like existing.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)