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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Greg Cooley on Sunday, January 11, 2026 18:39:00
    Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
    By: Greg Cooley to MRO on Sun Jan 11 2026 09:50 am


    it's new to you but not to everyone else. that conversation
    had already played out. update your pointer dates.
    wow, ok.

    Greg, telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
    http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080


    i tried to go on ricksbbs so i could do a screenshot on how to do it
    all you need to do is go into your message setttings.

    ricksbbs is rejecting all ips with some bot thing.
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    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to The Wanderer on Monday, January 12, 2026 19:58:13
    Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
    By: The Wanderer to MRO on Mon Jan 12 2026 11:40 am

    Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
    By: MRO to Greg Cooley on Sun Jan 11 2026 06:39 pm

    ricksbbs is rejecting all ips with some bot thing.

    Works just fine from here at the posted URLs (telnet & web).

    https://i.imgur.com/z7XuNVJ.png
    https://i.imgur.com/GHmDQBv.png

    glad 'here' is working.
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    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From The Wanderer@VERT/YAKKING to Rixter on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 07:03:44
    Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
    By: Rixter to The Wanderer on Tue Jan 13 2026 03:34 pm

    I have a bot monitoring ip probes and your ip or ip range got caught up in

    Thanks for the offer and detail... It was MRO that was having the troubles, though.

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    þ Synchronet þ We're yakking at Yak Station BBS
  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Rixter on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 16:55:33
    Hey Rixter!

    On Tue, Jan 13 2026 18:09:25 -0600, you wrote:

    ¨ Synchronet ¨ Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23

    Hey Rick. I noticed you're using Thunderbird to post these messages. Your message is coming through as UTF-8, but it doesn't seem like you're sending UTF-8 characters in the above quote. So I have two questions:

    1) Are you using ISO-8859-1 as your default text encoding in Thunderbird's server settings?

    2) Are you forcing Synchronet's NNTP service to use UTF-8 with the "-utf8" switch in services.ini?

    I think one of these two (or both) is causing this display issue. If you want to continue using ISO-8859-1 in Thunderbird, get rid of the "-utf8" parameter in services.ini.

    If you want to continue to translation everything to UTF-8 via Synchronet's NNTP service (I do this also), you should change Thunderbird's settings to use UTF-8 for the default text encoding.

    Lastly, If you are using Thunderbird's default settings (which should already by UTF-8), you might need to add the "-utf8" option to the command line in the NNTP and NNTPS sections of services.ini:

    Command=nntpservice.js -f -na -utf8

    Hope that helps!

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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    þ Synchronet þ _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to MRO on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 16:57:21
    Hey Mro!

    On Tue, Jan 13 2026 18:00:36 -0600, you wrote:

    he also removed his users ip addresses from the finger when i asked
    him why his users all had the same ip addresses. they also post
    rarely and always 2 of them from different locations post at the
    same time.

    Maybe it's just multiple personalities. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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    þ Synchronet þ _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Accession on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 19:11:22
    Re: Re: Routers that work well with spectrum internet
    By: Accession to MRO on Wed Jan 14 2026 04:57 pm

    Hey Mro!

    On Tue, Jan 13 2026 18:00:36 -0600, you wrote:

    he also removed his users ip addresses from the finger when i asked
    him why his users all had the same ip addresses. they also post
    rarely and always 2 of them from different locations post at the same time.

    Maybe it's just multiple personalities. ;)

    Regards, Nick


    yeah over 239 of them.
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    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Rixter on Thursday, January 15, 2026 17:01:59
    Hey Rixter!

    On Thu, Jan 15 2026 07:28:03 -0600, you wrote:

    I am right here Nick.

    I know you are.

    I had thought about shutting down the finger service but I like experimenting with the old protocols sometimes.

    Nothing I said had anything to do with the finger service. That must have been someone else.

    As far as the insult about the multiple personality disorders I have
    no hateful witty comeback. I just enjoy this hobby. I have no
    explanation for all the other stuff you commented on.

    Never once did I say "disorder". I was making a joke to something someone else said. If I hit a nerve or hit too close to home, I apologize.

    Have a great day and thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am
    not sure if you were trying to be hurtful or helpful but thanks
    either way friend!

    I was definitely going the helpful route, hence my longer drawn out message to you about your usage of Thunderbird with clear options on how to fix it.

    None of my sarcasm towards others was directed at you.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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    þ Synchronet þ _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)