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    From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to All on Tue Jun 4 21:05:02 2019
    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the Internet?

    I have set up an instance for fsxNet as 21:3/100 at ipv4.agency.bbs.nz:24558 and have a few nodes polling and using EMSI style sessions over telnet as opposed to BinkP which seems to be way more prevalent.

    [snip]

    + 20:50:26 The Lower Planes, 21:3/105
    ~ 20:50:26 SysOp: Spectre
    ~ 20:50:26 Using: FrontDoor 2.12.SW/Unregistered
    : 20:50:26 RTime: 04 Jun 19, 17:46:18
    : 20:50:26 LTime: 04 Jun 19, 20:50:08 (1200)
    ~ 20:50:26 Site: Melbourne
    ~ 20:50:26 Flags: CM
    ~ 20:50:26 Phone: -Unpublished-
    - 20:50:26 sType: EMSI
    - 20:50:26 Password protected mail session

    [snip]

    Thanks for any / all info.

    Best, Paul

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to Paul Hayton on Tue Jun 4 13:03:36 2019
    Hello, Paul Hayton
    On 04/06/2019 9.05 you wrote:

    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the Internet?

    2:221/360. :)


    --
    Tommi

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    * Origin: nntp://rbb.fidonet.fi - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Paul Hayton on Tue Jun 4 09:37:38 2019

    On 2019 Jun 04 21:05:02, you wrote to All:

    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the Internet?

    not any more, but i was prior to Aug/Sep 2018... with traditional FTN mailers, yes, EMSI is more common amongst the traditional protocols...

    my system was a hybrid in that i added binkd to the mix and used FD related tools to move the outbound files to fileboxes which binkd watched... i also used inbound fileboxes but didn't really need to... my mail processing script moved all inbound files to a central location where my tosser (fastecho at the time) could process them... there was a slight chance of overwriting existing files but this was mitigated by checking the existance in the central directory first...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... A man can be happy with any woman as long as he doesn't love her.
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    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Mark Lewis on Tue Jun 4 12:29:55 2019
    On 04 Jun 19 09:37:38, Mark Lewis said the following to Paul Hayton:

    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the
    Interne

    not any more, but i was prior to Aug/Sep 2018... with traditional FTN
    maile
    yes, EMSI is more common amongst the traditional protocols...

    I had EMSI over Telnet working here at one time. Nobody cared to use it.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From Mick Manning@1:249/307 to Paul Hayton on Tue Jun 4 21:13:08 2019
    On 04 Jun 2019, Paul Hayton said the following...

    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the Internet?


    HI PAUL, I'VE BEEN MESSING WITH AMIEXPRESS ON AN AMIGA EMULATOR LATELY (CAUSE I'VE HAD TOO MUCH TIME)

    I used to use Frontdoor in the old days so I'm glad you brought it up. It
    might be an option only if I have a hub that might support it.

    Interesting,

    Mick Manning

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Central Ontario Remote (1:249/307)
  • From Holger Granholm@2:20/228 to All on Wed Jun 5 10:36:00 2019
    In a message on 06-04-19 Tommi Koivula said to Paul Hayton:

    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the Internet?

    Hi Tommi and all,

    I have for years used the FrontDoor APX point software to connect to
    a BBS via copper line from a Windows PC.

    Now I would like to have the possibility to connect to a POTS system
    from places that may not have the possibility to connect via a copper
    net but where I would have the possibilty to connect via WiFi to a POTS
    BBS from my laptop.

    The laptop doesn't have a built-in modem but plug-in modems should be available, or modems that use an USB port.

    How can I access a POTS BBS via Wifi with the FD point software???

    I do have the MTEL32 beta for OS/2 and Windows if that could help.


    Have a nice day,

    Holger


    .. OS/2 is 25 years old; dead but still walking!
    -- MR/2 2.30

    --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2
    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)
  • From Fabio Bizzi@2:335/364.1 to Holger Granholm on Thu Jun 6 09:27:48 2019
    Hello Holger!

    05 Jun 19 10:36, you wrote to All:

    How can I access a POTS BBS via Wifi with the FD point software???

    If you can't connect directly your node to an IP network you need to simulate a pots network over telnet with something like this:

    https://www.amazon.com/ONETAK-Ethernet-Converter-Adapter-Adaptor/dp/B00ATV2DX2

    http://www.nordfield.com/rs232-ethernet-converter

    Obviusly on the other side you need something than can handle an older serial mailer protocol over TCP/IP or another device like the one on the node.

    Ciao!
    Fabio

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: ]\/[imac Rebirth Boss Point (2:335/364.1)
  • From Holger Granholm@2:20/228 to Fabio Bizzi on Fri Jun 7 09:43:00 2019
    In a message on 06-06-19 Fabio Bizzi said to Holger Granholm:

    Buon giorno carissimo Fabio,

    If you can't connect directly your node to an IP network you need to simulate a pots network over telnet with something like this:


    https://www.amazon.com/ONETAK-Ethernet-Converter-Adapter-Adaptor/dp/B00ATV2DX2

    http://www.nordfield.com/rs232-ethernet-converter

    Obviusly on the other side you need something than can handle an
    older serial mailer protocol over TCP/IP or another device like the
    one on the node.

    Mille grazie per la informazione caro amico.


    Ciao,

    Holger


    .. You're only young once. How long that once lasts is the ?
    -- MR/2 2.30


    --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2
    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1 to Holger Granholm on Sat Jun 8 08:29:26 2019

    05 Jun 19 10:36, Holger Granholm wrote to All:

    In a message on 06-04-19 Tommi Koivula said to Paul Hayton:

    Just wondering if there are many here using Frontdoor over the Internet?

    Hi Tommi and all,

    I have for years used the FrontDoor APX point software to connect to
    a BBS via copper line from a Windows PC.

    Now I would like to have the possibility to connect to a POTS system
    from places that may not have the possibility to connect via a copper
    net but where I would have the possibilty to connect via WiFi to a POTS BBS from my laptop.

    The laptop doesn't have a built-in modem but plug-in modems should be available, or modems that use an USB port.

    How can I access a POTS BBS via Wifi with the FD point software???

    I do have the MTEL32 beta for OS/2 and Windows if that could help.

    VMODEM is what you need in OS/2 to make FroDo to see the internet thru the virtual COM port. ;)

    But you still don't have IP network in your OS/2, right?

    .. OS/2 is 25 years old; dead but still walking!

    'Tommi

    ---
    * Origin: 2001:470:1f15:cb0:f1d0:2:221:1 (2:221/1)
  • From Fabio Bizzi@2:335/364.3 to Holger Granholm on Sat Jun 8 09:18:03 2019
    Hello, Holger Granholm.
    On 07/06/19 09:43 you wrote:

    In a message on 06-06-19 Fabio Bizzi said to Holger Granholm: Buon
    giorno carissimo Fabio,
    If you can't connect directly your node to an IP network you need
    to simulate a pots network over telnet with something like this:

    https://youtu.be/RuZUPpmXfT0

    Jump to 6:30 minute of the video.

    Mille grazie per la informazione caro amico.
    È un piacere. ;)
    --
    Ciao! :)
    Fabio.
    --- Hotdoged/2.13.5/Android
    * Origin: ]\/[imac boss android point (2:335/364.3)
  • From Holger Granholm@2:20/228 to Tommi Koivula on Sun Jun 9 12:07:00 2019
    In a message on 06-08-19 Tommi Koivula said to Holger Granholm:

    Hi Tommi,

    VMODEM is what you need in OS/2 to make FroDo to see the internet
    thru the virtual COM port. ;)

    Yes, and IIRC it's included with the SIO software or something else but
    I know I have it somewhere.

    But you still don't have IP network in your OS/2, right?

    Not yet but I'll try to do it the same way I do on my Win10 machines
    with an Asus USB-N13 network adapter.

    First of all I'll move my HD's to a more modern machine but I would
    rather use one of my laptops for the BBS like I think you do.

    But for that to happen I would need a modern OS/2 version that allows me
    to install OS/2 on one of them. Warp 4 FP15 doesn't install whatever I
    try.


    Have a nice day,

    Holger


    .. Are RAM chips better than COW chips? Hmmm, it depends...
    -- MR/2 2.30

    --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2
    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)
  • From Holger Granholm@2:20/228 to Fabio Bizzi on Sun Jun 9 12:07:00 2019
    In a message on 06-08-19 Fabio Bizzi said to Holger Granholm:

    Hello Fabio,

    If you can't connect directly your node to an IP network you need
    to simulate a pots network over telnet with something like this:

    https://youtu.be/RuZUPpmXfT0

    Jump to 6:30 minute of the video.

    Thanks Fabio, I'll look it up.


    Have a nice day,

    Holger


    .. A honest politician is one who, when bought, stays bought.
    -- MR/2 2.30


    --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2
    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)