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    From Phantom Nomad@21:2/143 to All on Thu Dec 21 10:58:30 2017
    Hello everyone. I was going through the event editor and noticed the BBS
    type. I'm not sure what this would be used for. Does anyone have some documentation about it? I can't find anything on the wiki.

    Thanks
    Stephen

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  • From g00r00@21:1/108 to Phantom Nomad on Thu Dec 21 13:08:30 2017
    Hello everyone. I was going through the event editor and noticed the BBS type. I'm not sure what this would be used for. Does anyone have some documentation about it? I can't find anything on the wiki.

    It's left over from the DOS versions. It really doesn't have a functional use that I can think of in its current state, outside of forcing users off of the BBS at a particular time.

    I have plans to do a revamp of it so that MIS refuses to accept any connections while the event runs, and Mystic forces the users to log off. This could
    then be used whenever there is a need to automate something that must run without the BBS online...

    There are some maintenance functions that are meant to be done manually when you take your BBS down every few weeks or something: Packing the user base, file base, and message bases for example. This revamp would allow this to automate itself with minimal configuration.

    But for now, its not really useful.

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to g00r00 on Thu Dec 21 16:43:56 2017
    On 12/21/17, g00r00 said the following...

    I have plans to do a revamp of it so that MIS refuses to accept any connections while the event runs, and Mystic forces the users to log
    off. This could then be used whenever there is a need to automate something that must run without the BBS online...

    I whole-heartedly support his revamp!

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  • From Tony Langdon@21:1/143 to g00r00 on Sat Dec 23 00:20:12 2017
    g00r00 wrote to Phantom Nomad <=-

    I have plans to do a revamp of it so that MIS refuses to accept any connections while the event runs, and Mystic forces the users to log
    off. This could then be used whenever there is a need to automate something that must run without the BBS online...

    This looks like an excellent idea.


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