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    From CatX@21:1/112 to All on Thu Nov 22 12:19:00 2018
    While theming my message/mail menu I noticed an entry called "[B] Nodelist Browser". Nothing happened when pressing B (except for the screen flashing
    for a moment), which made me curious - what is this feature supposed to be doing?

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    * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflagbbs.com (21:1/112)
  • From Nigel Reed@21:2/101 to CatX on Thu Nov 22 23:39:54 2018
    CatX wrote:
    While theming my message/mail menu I noticed an entry called "[B] Nodelist Browser". Nothing happened when pressing B (except for the screen flashing for a moment), which made me curious - what is this feature supposed to be doing?

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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflagbbs.com (21:1/112)

    My Synchronet BBS has a nodelist browser as written by echicken. It
    basically takes a nodelist (or a number of nodelists for different networks) and allows you to view the information about the BBS. I process the
    nodelists that come from all my networks using the tic processor and stick
    them in a nodelist directory which is then picked up by the browser.

    If you want to see it in action, ssh, telnet or rlogin to
    endofthelinebbs.com then go to X (External Programs) > 1 - Main Programs > 4
    - FTN Nodelist Viewer
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (21:2/101)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to CatX on Fri Nov 23 20:28:10 2018
    On 11/22/18, CatX pondered and said...

    While theming my message/mail menu I noticed an entry called "[B]
    Nodelist Browser". Nothing happened when pressing B (except for the
    screen flashing for a moment), which made me curious - what is this feature supposed to be doing?

    Nodelist browser is a menu option that relies on the mutil mergenodelist
    stanza to be run across one or more nodelists from [insert message network
    name here]

    The function creates a nodelist.txt file in the mystic data dir that the menu function uses to display nodelist info and allows the user to query the lists by network zone, net, sysop name etc. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to CatX on Thu Nov 22 14:29:24 2018
    On 11/22/18, CatX said the following...

    While theming my message/mail menu I noticed an entry called "[B]
    Nodelist Browser". Nothing happened when pressing B (except for the
    screen flashing for a moment), which made me curious - what is this feature supposed to be doing?

    Lets you browse the various nodelists the BBS is using that it's currently subscribed to for echonets.

    For example, if you'd wanted to see every sysop that's subscribed to fsxNet, you could do 21:*. The reason you probably didn't see anything is because you're probably not hooked up to any echonets on your BBS. Once you have nodelists setup to use for at least one, it'll let you browse them.

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  • From CatX@21:1/112 to Nigel Reed on Fri Nov 23 10:26:34 2018
    I see, thanks! I visited your BBS and now I understand what it is =^-^=

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    * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflagbbs.com (21:1/112)
  • From michael2@21:2/145 to CatX on Fri Nov 23 07:13:56 2018
    if you tell mutil.ini where your nodelists are, and make merge Nodelists
    true, you can then browse the information for the various networks your
    hooked up with

    I have mine setup to run when processing tic's

    Michael2

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Mike's Mansion - Pdx, Or - fluxcap.dynv6.net:2323 (21:2/145)