hi,
how would i make a raspberry pi automate posting to a bbs board? i don't want to make a whole bbs server, just have it post to the board. i've tried looking at the wiki's how-to, but i'm confused which programs i need to install to achieve this..

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Re: how to automate posting messages to a board
By: candycane to All on Mon Jul 31 2023 06:05 am

> hi,
> how would i make a raspberry pi automate posting to a bbs board? i don't
> want to make a whole bbs server, just have it post to the board. i've tried
> looking at the wiki's how-to, but i'm confused which programs i need to
> install to achieve this..

If you install Synchronet, you'll get jsexec and the module postmsg.js which can be invoked with jsexec:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:postmsg

You don't need to install anything but Synchronet and then you can use the postmsg module to automate the posting of messages to a Synchronet message base.
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-=> Digital Man wrote to candycane <=-

DM> Re: how to automate posting messages to a board
DM> By: candycane to All on Mon Jul 31 2023 06:05 am

> hi,
> how would i make a raspberry pi automate posting to a bbs board? i don't
> want to make a whole bbs server, just have it post to the board. i've tried
> looking at the wiki's how-to, but i'm confused which programs i need to
> install to achieve this..

DM> If you install Synchronet, you'll get jsexec and the module postmsg.js
DM> which can be invoked with jsexec:
DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/module:postmsg

DM> You don't need to install anything but Synchronet and then you can use
DM> the postmsg module to automate the posting of messages to a Synchronet
DM> message base. --
DM> digital man (rob)

DM> This Is Spinal Tap quote #3:
DM> How much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more
DM> black. Norco, CA WX: 86.8°F, 55.0% humidity, 0 mph ENE wind, 0.00
DM> inches rain/24hrs ---
DM> = Synchronet = Vertrauen = Home of Synchronet =
DM> [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net

Ah, alright thanks!

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Re: how to automate posting m
By: candycane to Digital Man on Mon Jul 31 2023 07:28 pm

> -=> Digital Man wrote to candycane <=-
>
> DM> Re: how to automate posting messages to a board
> DM> By: candycane to All on Mon Jul 31 2023 06:05 am
>
> > hi,
> > how would i make a raspberry pi automate posting to a bbs board? i don't
> > want to make a whole bbs server, just have it post to the board. i've
> > tried looking at the wiki's how-to, but i'm confused which programs i
> > need to install to achieve this..
>
> DM> If you install Synchronet, you'll get jsexec and the module postmsg.js
> DM> which can be invoked with jsexec:
> DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/module:postmsg
>
> DM> You don't need to install anything but Synchronet and then you can use
> DM> the postmsg module to automate the posting of messages to a Synchronet
> DM> message base. --

> Ah, alright thanks!

This guidance does assume you're running a Synchronet BBS (this is the "Synchronet Discussion" message area after all). If you're not running a Synchronet BBS (or any BBS at all), then using standard message posting/network technologies like QWK or FTN (FidoNet Technology) would be better.
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Re: how to automate posting m
By: Digital Man to candycane on Mon Jul 31 2023 06:12 pm

DM> This guidance does assume you're running a Synchronet BBS (this is the
DM> "Synchronet Discussion" message area after all). If you're not running a
DM> Synchronet BBS (or any BBS at all), then using standard message
DM> posting/network technologies like QWK or FTN (FidoNet Technology) would be
DM> better. --
DM> digital man (rob)

Oh, is there a guide for QWK/FTN posting?

candycane

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Re: how to automate posting m
By: candycane to Digital Man on Mon Jul 31 2023 11:08 pm

> Re: how to automate posting m
> By: Digital Man to candycane on Mon Jul 31 2023 06:12 pm
>
> DM> This guidance does assume you're running a Synchronet BBS (this is the
> DM> "Synchronet Discussion" message area after all). If you're not running
> DM> a Synchronet BBS (or any BBS at all), then using standard message
> DM> posting/network technologies like QWK or FTN (FidoNet Technology) would
> DM> be better. --
> DM> digital man (rob)
>
> Oh, is there a guide for QWK/FTN posting?

https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk

For FTN, http://ftsc.org/

Those are the technical references (e.g. if you want to write your own software or scripts to generate message packets).

If you want to just use software written by others, see
https://wmcbrine.com/MultiMail/ (for QWK)

and various "point" software for FTN.
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Re: how to automate posting m
By: Digital Man to candycane on Tue Aug 01 2023 10:30 am

Alright ill try to look at this!

candycane

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