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    From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to All on Tue Jun 30 10:34:00 2020
    Hiya,

    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email.... I know it's old tech, however I'm limited in options with the BBS software. Does anyone
    where I can grab a UUCP feed over IP from for email/newsgroups please, would really be appreciated.

    Nick.




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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Nick Mackechnie on Tue Jun 30 04:51:46 2020
    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email....

    Seriously? That's 30+ year old technology (pre WWW and http and so on). Why would you want that? BTW, I have a rotary dial telephone from the same age, are you interested?



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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Björn Felten on Tue Jun 30 07:58:59 2020
    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email....

    Seriously? That's 30+ year old technology (pre WWW and http and so
    on). Why would you want that? BTW, I have a rotary dial telephone from
    the same age, are you interested?

    I have an accoustic coupler sitting here ... have used it too in a Fido-environment.

    \%/@rd

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Björn Felten on Tue Jun 30 20:54:00 2020
    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email....

    Seriously? That's 30+ year old technology (pre WWW and http and so on).
    Why would you want that? BTW, I have a rotary dial telephone from the same
    age, are you interested?

    Hiya

    Searchlight BBS ceased production in 1999, UUCP was the technology of the
    time used by many BBS's via dialup/Waffle connections for email/news. It's always great to have a useful and helpful response like this, thank you. I
    have a suggestion on where to store said telephone :-)

    Nick


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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Ward Dossche on Tue Jun 30 21:00:00 2020
    Hi Ward,

    I have an accoustic coupler sitting here ... have used it too in a Fido-
    environment.

    :-) Yeah had one of those too!

    Nick

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  • From Sean Rima@2:263/1.1 to Nick Mackechnie on Tue Jun 30 17:48:00 2020

    Hello Nick!

    30 Jun 20 10:34, you wrote to all:

    Hiya,

    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email.... I know it's
    old tech, however I'm limited in options with the BBS software. Does anyone where I can grab a UUCP feed over IP from for email/newsgroups please, would really be appreciated.

    May not help, but search for free nntp servers on Google. Then use something like Irex or Soupgate to import. But if you are using Linux, soupgate is doing something to packets that husky doesnt like

    Sean


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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Tue Jun 30 19:48:45 2020
    I have an accoustic coupler sitting here ... have used it too in a Fido-environment.

    Me too. I even have it unpacked (never used) in the original box. Just waiting for it to be worth a fortune...



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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to NICK MACKECHNIE on Tue Jun 30 11:50:00 2020
    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email.... I know it's old tech, however I'm limited in options with the BBS software. Does anyone
    where I can grab a UUCP feed over IP from for email/newsgroups please, would really be appreciated.

    I think that Paul Hayton is doing this so he may have some ideas. Nick
    Andre or Frank Linhares may also be.

    Mike

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Mike Powell on Wed Jul 1 09:02:00 2020
    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email.... I know it's old
    tech, however I'm limited in options with the BBS software. Does anyone
    where I can grab a UUCP feed over IP from for email/newsgroups please,
    would
    really be appreciated.

    I think that Paul Hayton is doing this so he may have some ideas. Nick
    Andre or Frank Linhares may also be.

    Mike

    Thanks Mike - I've reached out to Paul.

    Nick

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to Sean Rima on Wed Jul 1 09:02:00 2020
    Hello Nick!

    30 Jun 20 10:34, you wrote to all:

    Hiya,

    I'm wanting to setup UUCP for the BBS to pull in email.... I know it's old tech, however I'm limited in options with the BBS software. Does anyone where I can grab a UUCP feed over IP from for email/newsgroups please, would really be appreciated.

    May not help, but search for free nntp servers on Google. Then use
    something like Irex or Soupgate to import. But if you are using Linux,
    soupgate is doing something to packets that husky doesnt like

    Thanks for the ideas Sean - I'll investigate.

    Nick

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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Bj”rn Felten on Wed Jul 1 14:47:13 2020
    Hello Bj”rn!

    Tuesday June 30 2020 19:48, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    I have an accoustic coupler sitting here ... have used it too in
    a Fido-environment.

    Me too. I even have it unpacked (never used) in the original box.
    Just waiting for it to be worth a fortune...

    You might have a while to wait ....



    Vincent

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Nick Mackechnie on Sat Jul 11 19:50:21 2020
    On 01 Jul 2020 at 09:02a, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    Thanks Mike - I've reached out to Paul.

    Nick can you ping an email to avon@bbs.nz please. Ta :)

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