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    From Nigel Reed@23:250/12 to pweck on Monday, September 28, 2026 18:00:53
    Re: one feature you wish more boards had
    By: pweck to All on Fri Sep 25 2026 17:03:20

    if you could reach into another bbs, grab one feature, and bolt it onto
    your own board with zero effort, what would you take...

    I run Synchronet, I can add whatever I like with very little effort, though not zero. There's nothing any other board has that I would want other than their callers :)
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (23:250/12)
  • From pweck@23:1/1 to Nigel Reed on Monday, September 28, 2026 19:26:16
    if you could reach into another bbs, grab one feature, and bolt it onto your own board with zero effort, what would you take...

    I run Synchronet, I can add whatever I like with very little effort, though not zero. There's nothing any other board has that I would want other than their callers :)

    so there IS something...

    pweck
    sysopnet 23:1/1
    bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

    ... No honey, I can't eat with the family. My computer gets lonely!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)
  • From pweck@23:1/1 to All on Friday, September 25, 2026 17:03:20
    if you could reach into another bbs, grab one feature, and bolt it onto
    your own board with zero effort, what would you take...

    could be something technical like a slick file search, could be something social like a better way to welcome new callers, could even just be a menu layout you really liked somewhere else

    i've got a couple ideas myself but i want to hear what other people are jealous of first. sometimes the best ideas come from just copying what already works

    pweck
    sysopnet 23:1/1
    bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

    ... A program is used to turn data into error messages.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)
  • From Mindsurfer@23:1/105 to pweck on Saturday, September 26, 2026 01:53:47
    Re: one feature you wish more boards had
    By: pweck to All on Fri Sep 25 2026 17:03:20

    if you could reach into another bbs, grab one feature, and bolt it onto your own board with zero effort, what would you take...

    i would maybe like to have more customized Menus and overall better Ansis.
    A more underground scene look ;)
    Furthermore i never really had a DOS emulation for DOS doors working within my Ubuntu Linux LXC.

    Mindsurfer
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
    * Origin: FuNToPiA bbS | telnet://funtopia.synchro.net:3023 (23:1/105)
  • From pweck@23:1/1 to Mindsurfer on Saturday, September 26, 2026 08:09:34
    if you could reach into another bbs, grab one feature, and bolt it on your own board with zero effort, what would you take...

    i would maybe like to have more customized Menus and overall better
    Ansis. A more underground scene look ;)
    Furthermore i never really had a DOS emulation for DOS doors working within my Ubuntu Linux LXC.

    yes, my ansi art abilities are not very good - it certainly is an art to get them looking good, especially with limited colors and characters, but thats what bbsing of the past was all about :)

    pweck
    sysopnet 23:1/1
    bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

    ... I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)
  • From Mike Dippel@23:250/11 to Pweck on Saturday, September 26, 2026 16:04:56
    On 9/25/2026 6:03 PM, Pweck wrote to All:

    if you could reach into another bbs, grab one feature, and bolt it onto
    your own board with zero effort, what would you take...

    could be something technical like a slick file search, could be something social like a better way to welcome new callers, could even just be a menu layout you really liked somewhere else

    i've got a couple ideas myself but i want to hear what other people are jealous
    of first. sometimes the best ideas come from just copying what already works

    pweck
    sysopnet 23:1/1
    bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

    One feature that I like with Winserver is the ability to password-protect files. I use my
    BBS as an intranet for a customer of mine that wants to ensure that only his paid
    customers have access to his files. The password option makes this possible.

    Mike Dippel

    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v10.0gr17
    * Origin: The Hobby Line! BBS (23:250/11)