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  • Add ability for sexpots to run external program and pass cid parameter

    From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Wed Feb 8 23:59:22 2023
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/514

    In the [TCP] section, I would like to be able to run an external program rather use a telnet connection. I should be able to pass number. name, time and date from callerid and connect message, so may need to way to tell sexpots what to look for before carrier detected.

    Example
    <code>
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Received from modem: 'NMBR=203'
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Modem Message: NMBR=203
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Received from modem: 'DATE=0209'
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Modem Message: DATE=0209
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Received from modem: 'TIME=0145'
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Modem Message: TIME=0145
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Received from modem: 'NAME=Line 3'
    Feb 9 01:46:01 wibble sexpots-line1: Modem Message: NAME=Line 3
    </code>
    maybe have something like NUMBER="NMBR=" and DATE="Date=" etc. I don't know if all caller ids produce the same format.

    Anyway, you get the idea, I'm sure. Thank you.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Feb 9 00:12:17 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/514#note_3192

    I'm not clear what you mean by "rather use a telnet connection" - "rather *than* use a telnet connection"? So it executes some program that does what? Are you expecting the I/O of this program that is executed to somehow be redirected to the COM port?

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  • From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Feb 9 00:43:30 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/514#note_3193

    Yes, rather than and yes. That would be the hope. Not sure how feasible it is, if at all. I want to write my own program to act as a client that'll then communicate with the BBS. Maybe I just need to write my own script if it's not possible. We can maybe discuss on irc tomorrow so I can explain what I'm trying to achieve.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Feb 9 17:12:25 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/514#note_3220

    It sounds like you want to a different program (maybe mgetty?) which is designed for such a purpose (connecting dial-in users with Unix stdio processes). SexPOTS doesn't do this: it connects dial-in users with a TCP server.

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