• Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it

    From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Rob Swindell on Wed May 15 11:20:45 2024
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    Girls got chip planted without them knowing it!
    Some may say it kind of obscure conspiracy theory but, did you people ever heard of certain state (for example israel) with help of gay men cult or something stalking and abusing young girls, especially those who ever somehow got someone's attention for being lolita, nymphet, sexually curious or anything?

    I recently heard something like this, group or a cult stalk girls like this in pools, saunas clinics and fit centers and they plant something, possibly a tracking devices, virus capsulas or drugs and most of all chips under their skin?

    Buttocks, palms of hands and feets most of all?

    It leaves roundy red dot or a stripe on a skin people usually pay little to no attention.
    Some models have it too, for example https://www.xerotica.com/video/lovely-ginger-pleasures-her-lover-with-a-blowjob-before-he-slips-his-tool-deep-into-her-muff-51458.html or on a feet of this girl https://www.xerotica.com/video/captivating-dame-looks-fresh-as-she-shows-off-her-perky-tits-wihle-posing-in-the-bathroom-53737.html

    Also they keep stalking and abusing (and possibly killing) girls, who could fit the some criteria:
    1. Who is or was lolita in ANY way.
    2. Rhythmic gymnasts and possibly some other dance and sport practices.
    3. Who's skinny just skinny, no time to check for driving license just plant her on, izhak! She dates pedos anyway.
    4. Who's prominent member of certain pop culture communities (Sailor Moon for example) and
    5. Who's anyhow may be described as follower of anything relatively close can be described as mother-goddess cult or cult of Isis goddes (aka Usha, Venus, Innana and so on...
    Sailor Moon is targeted as somewhat of modern representation of following mythology) if you suspect something or know anything write about it!
    6. Daughters of those from groups above!

    inform inform inform!
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    Hi,

    Can it be made the default in new synchronet installs, new users can not post in echomail areas?

    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed May 15 13:49:36 2024
    Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Rob Swindell on Wed May 15 2024 11:20 am

    Can it be made the default in new synchronet installs, new users can not post in echomail areas?

    Possible, yes, but:

    1. wouldn't change the configuration hundreds of existing Synchronet installs 2. would open a FAQ for me answer: How come my users can't post on echomail areas?
    3. sysops that unknowingly verify nut-job bulk posting users would end up with the same result
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed May 15 17:12:43 2024
    Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Rob Swindell on Wed May 15 2024 11:20 am

    Venus, Innana and so on...
    Sailor Moon is targeted as somewhat of modern representation of following mythology) if you suspect something or know anything write about it!
    6. Daughters of those from groups above!

    inform inform inform!


    Hi,

    Can it be made the default in new synchronet installs, new users can not post >in
    echomail areas?

    Bye, Wilfred.


    That's something that sysops should decide. there's no way to know when someone's going to be posting crazy shit. also this guy wasn't overly harmful or damaging to the network.

    it's up to the sysop to police their own bbs. you can't do it all for them.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 06:13:16 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Thu May 16 2024 11:42 am


    also this guy wasn't overly harmful or damaging to the network.

    There have been multiple posts in different echomail areas, by "different" users, from different systems, for weeks now, all with the same content. I find it annoying.



    are you a sysop? you can use your twitfilter to block them.
    that's the best way to do it. as a sysop you decide what you have on
    your system.
    it's up to the sysop to police their own bbs. you can't do it all for them.

    Of course. And as I said above, I'm not asking to limit the sysops options, just change a default setting in new installations. It's probably an easy change, and can prevent new inexperienced sysops, from having their systems abused by these kind of spammers (or bots).


    Are they spammers bots or real people? i thought they were real people.
    having people blocked by default from posting is something that should be a sysop decision, not a default bbs setting.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to MRO on Thu May 16 13:30:09 2024
    Hi MRO,

    On 2024-05-16 06:13:16, you wrote to me:

    also this guy wasn't overly harmful or damaging to the network.

    There have been multiple posts in different echomail areas, by "different"
    users, from different systems, for weeks now, all with the same content. I
    find it annoying.

    are you a sysop? you can use your twitfilter to block them.
    that's the best way to do it. as a sysop you decide what you have on
    your system.

    It's the responsability of the originating systems sysop what they allow to be send into the net from their system. Certainly if they have the means to control it. It's rediculus to make it everybody elses problem...

    it's up to the sysop to police their own bbs. you can't do it all
    for them.

    Of course. And as I said above, I'm not asking to limit the sysops options,
    just change a default setting in new installations. It's probably an easy
    change, and can prevent new inexperienced sysops, from having their systems
    abused by these kind of spammers (or bots).

    Are they spammers bots or real people? i thought they were real
    people.

    Without access to the logs of the originating systems it's hard to tell...

    having people blocked by default from posting is something that should
    be a sysop decision, not a default bbs setting.

    Whatever the default is, it is still the sysops decision, how he sets this setting.


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From kk4qbn@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 06:57:09 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Thu May 16 2024 11:42:12

    There have been multiple posts in different echomail areas, by "different" users, from different systems, for weeks now, all with the same content. I find it annoying.

    when I come up on that message, just like any other spam on my system, I push one button to delete it.. not too annoying.. yea, its better to not be there at all. but to see all the future "why cant my users post in message groups" messages would probably annoy many people.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to kk4qbn on Thu May 16 15:28:40 2024
    Hi kk4qbn,

    On 2024-05-16 06:57:09, you wrote to me:

    but to see all the future "why cant my users post in message groups" messages would probably annoy many people.

    Are the average new Synchronet sysops that stupid, they don't check their settings before asking such questions?

    And can't you have different default settings for verified/approved users?


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From msgretired@1:322/762 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 09:40:05 2024


    On 2024-05-16 06:57:09, you wrote to me:

    Are the average new Synchronet sysops that stupid, they don't check their settings before asking such questions?

    And can't you have different default settings for verified/approved users?

    Bye, Wilfred.


    No I dont think we are that stupid. I will admit I had a spam user get access to my fidonet areas. I have since locked it all down. Maybe in your infinite wisdom, you could recommend a way to validate users so they can have access to Fidonet Message bases??

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to msgretired on Thu May 16 15:59:52 2024
    Hi msgretired,

    On 2024-05-16 09:40:05, you wrote to me:

    Are the average new Synchronet sysops that stupid, they don't check
    their settings before asking such questions?

    And can't you have different default settings for verified/approved users?

    No I dont think we are that stupid.

    It was a rhetorical question. ;-)

    I will admit I had a spam user get access to my fidonet areas. I have since locked it all down. Maybe in your infinite wisdom, you could recommend a way to validate users so they can have access to Fidonet Message bases??

    The time between creating an account and getting approved to post in echomail areas, is probably already enough to deter most spammers/bots.

    And they are probably not going to fill in real verifiable info, so they would be easy to spot. And it's not worth to go to all the effort for them to get approved, for such a limited audience. It's a (big) numbers game for them...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From kk4qbn@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 11:46:11 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to kk4qbn on Thu May 16 2024 15:28:40

    Are the average new Synchronet sysops that stupid, they don't check their settings before asking such questions?

    no, that would not be the "Average" Synchronet Sysop.. ad there is a big difference between ignorance and stupidity.

    Synchronet is and always has been actively devolped and attracts many more people then these dead bbs softwares out here.. Notice, I said PEOPLE, and not Sysops. there are actually people who download Synchronet for more than just ECHOMAIL, these people are not all necessarily sysops from the 80's and 90's and some of them may not even know what the crap echomail is much less how to keep one guy who is posting about rfid chipped girls out of it.

    it takes time and patience for this stuff to happen. you have to outweight the benefits with the risks of doing something like that..

    and please.. don't call someone stupid for being ignorant on a subject. there is a big difference and it really kind of shows what type of person you are for not wanting to see that difference if thats the case.

    take care.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to kk4qbn on Thu May 16 21:00:10 2024
    Hi kk4qbn,

    On 2024-05-16 11:46:11, you wrote to me:

    and some of them may not even know what the crap echomail is much less
    how to keep one guy who is posting about rfid chipped girls out of it.

    Another good reason why a default setting could help!


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 17:28:53 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Thu May 16 2024 01:30 pm


    It's the responsability of the originating systems sysop what they allow to be send into the net from their system. Certainly if they have the means to control it. It's rediculus to make it everybody elses problem...


    what you consider abusive might not be what other people consider abusive.
    I've seen worse.

    that's why it's good that YOU can filter such messages on your bbs.

    also that msg you are quoting is from a long time ago, right.


    having people blocked by default from posting is something that should be a sysop decision, not a default bbs setting.

    Whatever the default is, it is still the sysops decision, how he sets this setting.


    well i'm going to have to say that i am against your idea. I don't believe in overthinking everything for people who download this software.

    I understand why you dont like it. I don't like these people who posted either. but you know what i did? I filtered them and i don't see it anymore.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to msgretired on Thu May 16 17:30:15 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: msgretired to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 2024 09:40 am

    No I dont think we are that stupid. I will admit I had a spam user get access to my fidonet areas. I have since locked it all down. Maybe in your infinite wisdom, you could recommend a way to validate users so they can have access to Fidonet Message bases??



    well one way you could do it is use the ARS system to allow them to post after X amount of calls. that would probably prevent bots from posting.
    that wont stop a regular joe like me who argues with people from posting eventually.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 17:33:55 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to msgretired on Thu May 16 2024 03:59 pm

    The time between creating an account and getting approved to post in echomail areas, is probably already enough to deter most spammers/bots.

    And they are probably not going to fill in real verifiable info, so they would be easy to spot. And it's not worth to go to all the effort for them to get approved, for such a limited audience. It's a (big) numbers game for them...



    nobody in their right mind nowadays should fill in real verifiable information. and bots dont think. they just do. and they do it a lot.

    do you not know how to twitfilter?
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Kurt Weiske on Sun May 19 17:34:47 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Kurt Weiske to fusion on Sat May 18 2024 07:32 am

    fusion wrote to kk4qbn <=-

    i frequently watch people have chats in near realtime on FTN. it wouldn't be unreasonable to implement a "scan for new messages forever" option on a BBS nowadays and just have it spew messages realtime.

    Center of Awareness (CoA) was a BBS network that offered instaneous chat
    and messaging, it was the brainchild of electronic chicken, if memory serves. Very cool tech that took BBS networking in a different
    direction.


    if it was so great why isn't it still around.
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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to MRO on Tue May 21 02:57:24 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: MRO to Kurt Weiske on Sun May 19 2024 17:34:47

    Center of Awareness (CoA) was a BBS network that offered instaneous chat

    if it was so great why isn't it still around.

    Mainly due to difference of opinion about how it should work. I wanted to do it right, others wanted to half-ass it. I cared about privacy and security, others didn't. It was a project that I started with friends and didn't want to continue without consensus, so I gave up.

    The core idea was sound - networked messages, chat, games, a few other things, with almost no configuration required - and it would still be here today if I wanted it to be. There was no shortage of interest from sysops.

    echicken
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to MRO on Fri May 17 09:25:24 2024
    Hi MRO,

    On 2024-05-16 17:28:53, you wrote to me:

    also that msg you are quoting is from a long time ago, right.

    Nope:

    * From : Lesley, 1:322/762 (2024-05-15 04:55:54)


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to MRO on Fri May 17 09:27:09 2024
    Hi MRO,

    On 2024-05-16 17:33:55, you wrote to me:

    do you not know how to twitfilter?

    Of course I do. But that is not fixing the problem. And it's just a temporary "fix" until they log in with a different name...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From kk4qbn@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 07:37:54 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Fri May 17 2024 09:27:09

    do you not know how to twitfilter?

    Of course I do. But that is not fixing the problem. And it's just a temporary "fix" until they log in with a different name...

    Really, all it boils down to is the Sysops AND the EC, Moderators, or whatever title the person who provides the mail to the sysops not running the networks correctly..

    1. If the EC, Moderato, or whatever title of the day detects a message they do not see fit, they need to delete it before it goes further downsteam and notify the offending systems sysop so it can be remedied.

    2. This EC, Moderator, title of the day, or whatever they call themselves need
    to login and check on their message bases more than once a week, should
    really be daily.. some of these people you cannot even get ahold of..
    if they cannot do this, something needs to be remedied to replace them.
    if that is'nt an option, then the network should be considered obsolete.

    3. The ^^ above mentioned person needs to arrange that every Sysop check in once weekly in the Sysop area so that everyone can keep on point, If they
    miss a check-in and/or a couple follow up messages they should be put on
    hold until they pay attention..

    Heck.. thats really about it.. It's not a "Dumb" sysop issue, It's a "Lazy" sysop issue. and the main issues is with some of the upstream hubs, etc who do not correctly maintain their message networks. whether it be an FTN, QWK, etc.

    A simple structure should be laid out by that EC, and explained to every Sysop that gets a feed from that EC.
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  • From fusion@1:103/705 to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 09:07:00 2024
    On 17 May 2024, kk4qbn said the following...

    3. The ^^ above mentioned person needs to arrange that every Sysop check in once weekly in the Sysop area so that everyone can keep on point,
    If they miss a check-in and/or a couple follow up messages they
    should be put on hold until they pay attention..

    do we get pop and pizza?

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 07:49:00 2024
    kk4qbn wrote to Wilfred van Velzen <=-

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Fri May 17 2024 09:27:09

    do you not know how to twitfilter?

    Of course I do. But that is not fixing the problem. And it's just a temporary "fix" until they log in with a different name...

    Really, all it boils down to is the Sysops AND the EC,
    Moderators, or whatever title the person who provides the mail to
    the sysops not running the networks correctly..

    You don't have a good understanding of how modern echomail distribution happens.

    1. If the EC, Moderato, or whatever title of the day detects a
    message they do not see fit, they need to delete it before it
    goes further downsteam and notify the offending systems sysop
    so it can be remedied.

    When messages arrive at a hub, they are sent out to that hub's downlinks
    in a matter of seconds. Yes, seconds. There is ZERO chance that the NC
    (the correct "title") is going to catch/stop an offending message.
    ZERO. They come in, and immediately go back out to downlinks. Even if
    the RC/NC was sitting at the computer with his hands on the keyboard,
    they could not stop the message from going downstream.

    2. This EC, Moderator, title of the day, or whatever they call
    themselves need
    to login and check on their message bases more than once a
    week, should
    really be daily.. some of these people you cannot even get
    ahold of..
    if they cannot do this, something needs to be remedied to
    replace them.
    if that is'nt an option, then the network should be considered obsolete.

    LOL ... While some of the above is certainly true, "checking on their
    message bases" would have nothing to do with catching/stopping an
    offensive message. It can't be done.

    3. The ^^ above mentioned person needs to arrange that every
    Sysop check in once weekly in the Sysop area so that everyone
    can keep on point, If they
    miss a check-in and/or a couple follow up messages they should
    be put on
    hold until they pay attention..

    Even bigger LOL! That's not gonna happen. Unfortunately, there are
    indeed quite a few sysops/systems that are on "autopilot", and that is
    very difficult to resolve. Probably not possible any more.

    Heck.. thats really about it.. It's not a "Dumb" sysop issue,
    It's a "Lazy" sysop issue. and the main issues is with some of
    the upstream hubs, etc who do not correctly maintain their
    message networks. whether it be an FTN, QWK, etc.

    See my first sentence above about not understanding how message
    distribution works. You're not even close.

    A simple structure should be laid out by that EC, and explained
    to every Sysop that gets a feed from that EC.

    Easy to say; impossible to put into actual practice.


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  • From kk4qbn@1:103/705 to fusion on Fri May 17 10:23:51 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: fusion to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 09:07:00

    3. The ^^ above mentioned person needs to arrange that every Sysop check
    in once weekly in the Sysop area so that everyone can keep on point,
    If they miss a check-in and/or a couple follow up messages they should
    be put on hold until they pay attention..

    do we get pop and pizza?

    I dunno.. gott ask that person.. i'm not that person and never will be ever again :-) too much drama for me to deal with. but, if I were that person.. if it were a real get together instead of virtual.. sure.. pizza at pizza hut buffet.. just like we did in the 90's. it was a great time.
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  • From kk4qbn@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Fri May 17 12:56:23 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Gamgee to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 07:49:00


    You don't have a good understanding of how modern echomail distribution happens.

    ok, Maybe not FTN.. but truly.. FTN isn't "Modern".. it was never meant to be intantanious. as far as I know. except for netmail. and that was in a best case scenario "back in the day"

    When messages arrive at a hub, they are sent out to that hub's downlinks in a matter of seconds. Yes, seconds. There is ZERO chance that the NC (the correct "title") is going to catch/stop an offending message. ZERO. They come in, and immediately go back out to downlinks. Even if the RC/NC was sitting at the computer with his hands on the keyboard, they could not stop the message from going downstream.

    Ok, so your saying you have both you FTN and QWK networks set to CRASH anytime something comes in? really does'nt seem like something you would want to do with echomail.. maybe NETMAIL, but not echomail.. Now I have been out of the BBS world since about 2016 or so, so if there is another method besides FTN, and QWK. then yeah.. I have no idea.. but for qwk networks, especially with the traffic we get anymore, I'm not polling anymore than 4 times daily.. and truthfully, I don't believe I will ever setup another ftn network, lol I've been waiting close to two months to hear back from someone on a qwk hub for a network that I have now even forgot the name of because I've been waiting so long. I don't really know about not having a good understanding of the techonology I pretty much know how it works, even in todays "modern" world.
    just my opinion, and we all know about opinions, modern echomail does'nt warrant instantanias transport. crash your hub 15 times a day for 15 messages.. lol. If a sysop is'nt doing that, they may every now and then catch a mistake, or spam or something before it goes down stream.


    It was just an idea. it's not perfect.. nothing perfect. the best that can happen really is just twitlisting..

    LOL ... While some of the above is certainly true, "checking on their message bases" would have nothing to do with catching/stopping an offensive message. It can't be done.

    Ok.. if you say so..
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 06:50:00 2024
    Subject: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
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    kk4qbn wrote to Wilfred van Velzen <=-

    1. If the EC, Moderato, or whatever title of the day detects a message they do not see fit, they need to delete it before it goes further downsteam and notify the offending systems sysop so it can be
    remedied.

    And who is to determine what is fit? Putting that duty on the mail
    movers seems ripe for abuse. Our job is to move the mail, not censor
    it.

    There's two solutions I see - accept occasional SPAM as the price of
    running a network, or require every sysop to validate each user before
    allowing write access to the echoes.

    One fits into the dual rules of Fidonet - don't be excessively
    annoying, and don't be excessively annoyed. The other is untenable.



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  • From fusion@1:103/705 to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 16:00:00 2024
    On 17 May 2024, kk4qbn said the following...

    3. The ^^ above mentioned person needs to arrange that every Sysop c
    in once weekly in the Sysop area so that everyone can keep on poi

    do we get pop and pizza?

    I dunno.. gott ask that person.. i'm not that person and never will be ever again :-) too much drama for me to deal with. but, if I were that person.. if it were a real get together instead of virtual.. sure..
    pizza at pizza hut buffet.. just like we did in the 90's. it was a great time. ---

    that sort of thing is still cool imo. some of the ham radio clubs still do the bi-weekly (or whatever) breakfast type of thing.. and i see posts about vintage computer meetups in Cali on.. fidonet i think it was.

    closest thing i got was a local volkswagen enthusiast club .. was a web forum with a pretty large community. we'd go on cruises out to the beach or the local raceway or whatever.. have bonfires.. good times. i guess a combo of facebook and a disconnect from the desktop pc killed that off. ah well.

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri May 17 21:41:47 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Fri May 17 2024 07:28 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri May 17 2024 04:39 pm

    My first 2 vehicles were VW Buses (1969 and 1970) and I can tell they are slow, dangerous hunks of junk. But 20 MPG? It think they did better than that (and I had dual carbs on each).

    don't know 'but dat!

    20mpg for a large vehicle is pretty good.
    are you talking highway miles?

    one of my cars is an older but still in great shape ford exploder.
    i get like 13 mpg street and 18+ highway

    These VM buses have like 1700cc motors, so quite different than a typical "large vehicle".
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Fri May 17 21:44:39 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri May 17 2024 05:31 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri May 17 2024 04:39 pm

    My first 2 vehicles were VW Buses (1969 and 1970) and I can tell they are slow, dangerous hunks of junk. But 20 MPG? It think they did better than that (and I had dual carbs on each).

    I think the original VW Bus had the same engine used in the Beetle, didn't it? I could understand how the (larger) Bus would be slow..

    Yeah, stock was 1600cc. I had an 1835cc in one and then replaced that with a (faster) 1776cc motor. These were overly expensive, still slow, and dangerous (couldn't stop worth a damn, leaked smoke into the heater vents). Just bad vehicles.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to echicken on Tue May 21 11:07:13 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: echicken to MRO on Tue May 21 2024 02:57 am

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: MRO to Kurt Weiske on Sun May 19 2024 17:34:47

    Center of Awareness (CoA) was a BBS network that offered instaneous chat

    if it was so great why isn't it still around.

    Mainly due to difference of opinion about how it should work. I wanted to do it right, others wanted to half-ass it. I cared about privacy and security, others didn't. It was a project that I started with friends and didn't want to continue without consensus, so I gave up.

    The core idea was sound - networked messages, chat, games, a few other things, with almost no configuration required - and it would still be here today if I wanted it to be. There was no shortage of interest from sysops.

    echicken


    I've never seen any kind of partnership in the bbs world work out. Also if you do something in this "bbs scene" environment where there's almost no configuration, it attracts a bunch of people that don't contribute and aren't good for anything.

    In BBSing where you're dealing with other sysops it's better to do things on your own, because you know what to expect and you don't need to depend on people. People mean well but they don't have the heart in most cases.

    I had tons of people approach me when i was running the bbses.info's services and wanted to partner up. None of those guys stuck around long even though sometimes what they ran was pretty decent.

    But yeah, of course sysops nowadays would want something they can hook up to and do nothing to setup or maintain. That's why there's so many default synchronet and mystic bbses. What you get in the end isn't something decent.
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