• Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it

    From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT 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@VERT 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@VERT/BBSESINF 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 Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to Digital Man on Thu May 16 11:25:35 2024
    Hi Digital,

    On 2024-05-15 13:49:36, you wrote to me:

    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

    That's not an argument to make improvements in new versions!

    2. would open a FAQ for me answer: How come my users can't post on echomail areas?

    That's true for a lot of settings...

    3. sysops that unknowingly verify nut-job bulk posting users would end
    up with the same result

    Then it's their own created problem! But it's doubtfull these nut-jobs revist, if they can't do their thing right away, they probably focus their attention on other easier targets...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to MRO on Thu May 16 11:42:12 2024
    Hi MRO,

    On 2024-05-15 17:12:43, you wrote to me:

    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!

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

    That's something that sysops should decide.

    Of course! I'm not asking to remove their choice, only to change the default setting for it in new installations.

    there's no way to know when someone's going to be posting crazy shit.

    Indeed, so it's better to restrict what they can do until they are "verified" or upgraded in level by the sysop.

    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.

    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).


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF 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@VERT 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@VERT/KK4QBN 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@VERT 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@VERT 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@VERT 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@VERT/KK4QBN 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 Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to WILFRED VAN VELZEN on Thu May 16 08:47:00 2024
    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

    That's not an argument to make improvements in new versions!

    I am not really sure that the default is what you think it is anyway.

    When you install Synchronet, IIRC, only Dovenet comes preinstalled with defaults. It is up to the sysop to add those FTN echoes and, if they set them to where the default new user level has access, they get access.

    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that on their
    own systems.


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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Dumas Walker on Thu May 16 11:48:00 2024
    Dumas Walker wrote to WILFRED VAN VELZEN <=-

    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

    That's not an argument to make improvements in new versions!

    I am not really sure that the default is what you think it is
    anyway.

    When you install Synchronet, IIRC, only Dovenet comes
    preinstalled with defaults. It is up to the sysop to add those
    FTN echoes and, if they set them to where the default new user
    level has access, they get access.

    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that
    on their own systems.

    100% agree on all of this.

    This should be the last message in this thread, as there's nothing
    further needing to be said. Nothing needs to be changed.



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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT 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 Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to Dumas Walker on Thu May 16 21:02:16 2024
    Hi Dumas,

    On 2024-05-16 08:47:00, you wrote to me:

    When you install Synchronet, IIRC, only Dovenet comes preinstalled
    with defaults. It is up to the sysop to add those FTN echoes and, if
    they set them to where the default new user level has access, they get access.

    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that on their own systems.

    I don't know either, I was just asking if it would be possible...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 13:07:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Thu May 16 2024 11:42 am

    Hi MRO,

    On 2024-05-15 17:12:43, you wrote to me:

    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!

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

    That's something that sysops should decide.

    Of course! I'm not asking to remove their choice, only to change the default

    there's no way to know when someone's going to be posting crazy shit.

    Indeed, so it's better to restrict what they can do until they are "verified

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

    There have been multiple posts in different echomail areas, by "different" u

    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, mers (or bots).


    Bye, Wilfred.


    I disagree with changing the default. It's very easy to jiggle the new user settings to do that.
    xxcarol

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to All on Thu May 16 13:09:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: kk4qbn to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 2024 06:57 am

    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 "differe users, from different systems, for weeks now, all with the same content find it annoying.

    when I come up on that message, just like any other spam on my system, I pus y annoy many people.

    Yup. It would be ugly.
    xxcarol

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to Carol Shenkenberger on Thu May 16 22:47:56 2024
    Hi Carol,

    On 2024-05-16 13:07:00, you wrote to me:

    Of course. And as I said above, I'm not asking to limit the sysops
    options,
    mers (or bots).

    (Your quoter is broken...)

    I disagree with changing the default. It's very easy to jiggle the
    new user settings to do that.

    Maybe it's easy, but it's overlooked by new sysops...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 14:46:42 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Carol Shenkenberger on Thu May 16 2024 10:47 pm

    I disagree with changing the default. It's very easy to jiggle the new
    user settings to do that.

    Maybe it's easy, but it's overlooked by new sysops...

    There are many things that could be overlooked by new sysops. It's just one of those things that's good to learn when setting up and running a BBS. I think a reason for it not being on by default is that a BBS initially doesn't have networked messagebases set up by default, and since you basically have to set those up manually (opting in), enabling message validation probably doesn't need to be enabled until the sysop adds networked message areas and wants message validation.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF 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@VERT/BBSESINF 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@VERT/BBSESINF 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@VERT/BBSESINF to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu May 16 17:35:26 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Dumas Walker on Thu May 16 2024 09:02 pm

    Hi Dumas,

    On 2024-05-16 08:47:00, you wrote to me:

    When you install Synchronet, IIRC, only Dovenet comes preinstalled
    with defaults. It is up to the sysop to add those FTN echoes and, if they set them to where the default new user level has access, they get access.

    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that on their own systems.

    I don't know either, I was just asking if it would be possible...


    anything's possible. they could also rip out all the functions that allow synchronet to accept calls, msgs, etc and really make it secure.

    or people can just use a twitfilter.
    our bbs forefathers were smarter than you think.
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT 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@VERT 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@VERT/KK4QBN 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.
    ---
    Tim (kk4qbn)
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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS 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@VERT/PALANTIR 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@VERT/KK4QBN 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.
    ---
    Tim (kk4qbn)
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Fri May 17 10:05:00 2024
    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.

    I think this is a real person. Early on, Pengo was responding back to
    replies. Their real name (at least what they use at logon) is Lesley.

    Their IP address block is 95.24.14.0/24 which resolves to corbina.ru.
    After they logged on here and found they could only post their drivel on a local area, they've not been back. Since I blocked the above IPA range,
    that could also be why.

    The latest messages I saw were from a board that joined after a lot of this info was shared here by another sysop, so they were probably not aware of
    the "Pengo" problem.

    While they have hit synchronet systems a lot, they've also hit other boards which also makes me think it is not a bot (or it is very sophisticated).


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MSGRETIRED on Fri May 17 10:09:00 2024
    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??

    Back in time, I had a couple of users log on, act normal enough to get
    access and then start spamming. "Pengo" logged on here as a regular user
    and, had they not used the "Pengo" alias, I might not have caught on until after they started spamming.

    Luckily, new users only have access to a few bases and, since they used the "Pengo" alias, they are in the twitlist so no posts they might have been
    able to make could go out through sbbsecho.


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  • From kk4qbn@VERT/KK4QBN 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..
    ---
    Tim (kk4qbn)
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 06:50:00 2024
    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@VERT/CFBBS 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 fusion@VERT/CFBBS to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 16:18:00 2024
    On 17 May 2024, kk4qbn said the following...

    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

    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.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 15:08:05 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 am

    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...


    is that's what is really happening, though? are people making tons of accounts and posting stuff? if that is the case then the hub should take action with filtering.

    i dont see any of this junk so i think i have the right people twitfiltered.
    do you want my twitlist?
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 16:36:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Carol Shenkenberger on Thu May 16 2024 10:47 pm

    Hi Carol,

    On 2024-05-16 13:07:00, you wrote to me:

    Of course. And as I said above, I'm not asking to limit the sysops
    options,
    mers (or bots).

    (Your quoter is broken...)

    I disagree with changing the default. It's very easy to jiggle the
    new user settings to do that.

    Maybe it's easy, but it's overlooked by new sysops...


    Bye, Wilfred.


    I like my quoter fine as it is. I like the default as it is as less troulbe for DM. I don't want to start with a new sysop ecplaining how to change all the levels 'over and over'.

    It you have some odd happenings where you are, it's a local issue, to be worked out locally,

    xxcarol

    ---
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Fri May 17 15:43:19 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri May 17 2024 10:05 am

    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.

    I think this is a real person. Early on, Pengo was responding back to replies. Their real name (at least what they use at logon) is Lesley.

    Their IP address block is 95.24.14.0/24 which resolves to corbina.ru.
    After they logged on here and found they could only post their drivel on a local area, they've not been back. Since I blocked the above IPA range, that could also be why.

    The latest messages I saw were from a board that joined after a lot of this info was shared here by another sysop, so they were probably not aware of the "Pengo" problem.

    While they have hit synchronet systems a lot, they've also hit other boards which also makes me think it is not a bot (or it is very sophisticated).



    i havent seen it so i have something right in my twitfilter or in my ip filter. i blocked pengo back in feb.
    i see shitty necroposting to the pengo pedo post post on thurs may 02 on vert.

    is it this marry4 guy?
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Fri May 17 15:46:08 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to MSGRETIRED on Fri May 17 2024 10:09 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??

    Back in time, I had a couple of users log on, act normal enough to get access and then start spamming. "Pengo" logged on here as a regular user and, had they not used the "Pengo" alias, I might not have caught on until after they started spamming.

    Luckily, new users only have access to a few bases and, since they used the "Pengo" alias, they are in the twitlist so no posts they might have been able to make could go out through sbbsecho.


    Well that bbs in norway where pengo was posting from, that sysop and all the other people are all the same guy.

    He even lied and said he blocked that person and when i was logged in there i saw that person login and they were in the msg areas.

    We got another case of crazy sysop syndrome.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to fusion on Fri May 17 13:47:53 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: fusion to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 04:00 pm


    closest thing i got was a local volkswagen enthusiast club .. was a web foru 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.

    There's a YouTube channel called VWLife, they just had a convoy of old VW busses crossing the southwest and going to Mexico, I think - hardy vehicles, those old buses. Seems like they used the channel to make a virtual club that can still get together and party...

    Old buses get around 20 miles a gallon and have a 10 gallon tank, so you're stopping a lot. Just like the old cars I grew up in, on the trip they encountered finicky carbs, dirty fuel filters that starve the engine, bad spark plugs - even replacing an alternator along the way. Bonus points for him having a spare alternator...
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Dumas Walker on Fri May 17 16:27:26 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to WILFRED VAN VELZEN on Thu May 16 2024 08:47 am

    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that on their own systems.

    We could change the default settings for new users to include the 'N' restriction, which would (by defualt, in new SBBS installs) prevent new users from posting messages on networks.
    --
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 16:29:57 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Carol Shenkenberger on Thu May 16 2024 10:47 pm

    Maybe it's easy, but it's overlooked by new sysops...

    Or new sysops intentionally have it set that way. Or maybe the nut-job poster actually uses a real email address and validates their account that way and then posts their garbage. I would just assume "new sysops" are fault for every posting by this nut.
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 18:21:00 2024
    kk4qbn wrote to Gamgee <=-

    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"

    I didn't say FTN was modern. But how it is distributed these days (modern times) is VERY different than it was back in the day. Completely
    different, actually. The reason for that is the "always on" connection of
    the internet, versus the need to dial up another system with a modem.

    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?

    No, I didn't say that, nor anything even remotely alluding to that. What
    I was referring to was that I, as a FidoNet NC, have (most) of my
    downlinks set to "crash", and some of them set to "hold". That choice is
    made by the downlink sysop, not me. So, as echomail comes to me from the
    RC, it is immediately sent back out to most of my downlinks, and held for
    some downlinks to poll and get that way. My point was that, even for the "hold" systems, it would take quite rapid (and painfully awkward) actions
    by me to "filter" out something that I thought was offensive, and would require me to be sitting there watching for it 24x7. Obviously not gonna happen. Another consideration here is that who am I do decide whether somebody else would find something offensive? That's not my job. As for
    QWK, I do not distribute that to any downlinks, I just get my DoveNet feed from VERT, by polling that system once an hour.

    really does'nt seem like
    something you would want to do with echomail.. maybe NETMAIL, but
    not echomail..

    I certainly would like it do be done with echomail. By crashing back and forth upstream/downstream, echomail conversations that "back in the day"
    took a couple of days for each message exchange can now be done in
    minutes, and even approach real-time conversations. Why not do that if
    the modern technology allows it?

    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..

    I poll VERT hourly, and I can assure you that some systems poll him more frequently than that. Most of my Fido downlinks poll here hourly.
    Again... why not? It takes 2 seconds and costs nothing.

    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.

    Well that's your choice to not participate in FTNs, not sure why you would think that way, but OK. For me personally, it's the main reason I run a
    BBS and participate in BBSing these days. I check and read messages from
    my board several times a day.

    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.

    Again, it's usually more than 15 times a day, and more messages than that
    per day. It simply is not realistic to think that a sysop (RC/NC
    actually) is going to catch something before it goes onward. Just can't happen that way. Also again, the "ethical" question of censorship plays a part in this.

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

    That helps, until the spammer morphs to a new name. The hard reality is
    that just like in email, there will occasionally be some spam that gets through. Realistically there is no way to stop it all. Idealistically doesn't count for anything here.

    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..

    I do say so, and I know I am correct. Any other RC/NC will agree with me.


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  • From kk4qbn@VERT/KK4QBN to fusion on Fri May 17 17:48:33 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: fusion to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 16:00:00

    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.

    Yes, our ham radio club (DARC - W4DRC) has breakfast, lunch and "midnight snacks" from time to time where we get together, eat and talk ham :-)
    ---
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  • From kk4qbn@VERT/KK4QBN to fusion on Fri May 17 17:52:09 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: fusion to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 16:00:00

    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.

    I quit too quickly :-) Yeah, it seems now with so much social interconnectivity on the net, we have lost real connectivity. I've seen so many people just draw away from people, almost as if they're afraid to even talk to people IRL any more. with some folks I kind of understand why one would want to distance themselves. but yea.. we are growing further apart socially.
    ---
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri May 17 16:39:11 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip planted without them knowing it
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to fusion on Fri May 17 2024 01:47 pm

    There's a YouTube channel called VWLife, they just had a convoy of old VW busses crossing the southwest and going to Mexico, I think - hardy vehicles, those old buses. Seems like they used the channel to make a virtual club that can still get together and party...

    Old buses get around 20 miles a gallon and have a 10 gallon tank, so you're stopping a lot. Just like the old cars I grew up in, on the trip they encountered finicky carbs, dirty fuel filters that starve the engine, bad spark plugs - even replacing an alternator along the way. Bonus points for him having a spare alternator...

    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).
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Fri May 17 19:28:31 2024
    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
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Digital Man on Fri May 17 17:31:05 2024
    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..

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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to Gamgee on Fri May 17 17:43:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Gamgee to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 08:49 am

    Easy to say; impossible to put into actual practice.

    Wait, isn't this how we solve problems today? Just sayin...


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Fri May 17 20:43:11 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

    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..


    if it did, holy shit. that's a big load for it to handle.
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  • From Dan Clough@VERT to Nopants on Fri May 17 21:14:00 2024
    Nopants wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Gamgee to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 08:49 am

    Easy to say; impossible to put into actual practice.

    Wait, isn't this how we solve problems today? Just sayin...

    Not really sure what you mean by that...

    Unless you're hinting that that's what politicians routinely do - propose
    a "solution" to something that can't actually be done. Yup.



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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 16:57:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to MRO on Fri May 17 2024 09:27 am

    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 temporar


    Bye, Wilfred.


    So, because some idiot is changing names on your site, you want a worldwide change of SBBS installs? Wanna explain it better?

    xxcarol

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Gamgee on Fri May 17 17:08:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Gamgee to kk4qbn on Fri May 17 2024 07:49 am


    Correct. Message distribution systems are way too fast for the simplistic approach he uses.

    Reality, msg arrives to 1:275/1000. It may be already overseas to Terri Roati, 2 other USA sites and Vince in the UK in far less than a minute, if echomail. Some of them may have it in distrubution before I can see it myself.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri May 17 22:43:17 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 2024 04:57 pm

    temporar


    Bye, Wilfred.


    So, because some idiot is changing names on your site, you want a worldwide change of SBBS installs? Wanna explain it better?



    i'm still not seeing any of this shit. is someone actually going around now posting junk?
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  • From Digital Man@VERT 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@VERT 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@VERT/BBSESINF to Wilfred van Velzen on Sat May 18 15:14:48 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Digital Man on Sat May 18 2024 12:07 pm


    Still I think inexpercience of new sysops plays a role in this. So I'm

    not
    blaming them for this happening. Changing the default setting is for helping them to prevent such things happening...

    What makes you think they wouldn't look at this setting and toggle it off. Perhaps their feeds should talk to them when they join up and warn them to police their systems.

    And like i said, with synchronet you could use the ARS system to not allow the posts until x amount of calls.

    anyways, i keep asking but nobody really is answering my question. is this going on now and who's doing it? can someone post some screenshots?

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Sat May 18 13:27:00 2024
    i havent seen it so i have something right in my twitfilter or in my ip filter
    i blocked pengo back in feb.
    i see shitty necroposting to the pengo pedo post post on thurs may 02 on vert.

    Yep. ;)

    is it this marry4 guy?

    Shitty or pengo? I don't think either of them are mary4 but could be wrong.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Sat May 18 13:28:00 2024
    Well that bbs in norway where pengo was posting from, that sysop and all the other people are all the same guy.

    He even lied and said he blocked that person and when i was logged in there i saw that person login and they were in the msg areas.

    We got another case of crazy sysop syndrome.

    The crazy I posted about back when it came up is supposedly in Sweden.
    Maybe something about the long, dark, cold Winter days does something to
    their brains.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Sat May 18 14:01:00 2024
    i'm still not seeing any of this shit. is someone actually going around now posting junk?

    If you have him added to your twitlist, then you are like me and not seeing
    it.

    The OP doesn't run synchronet, I don't think, so they probably don't have Pengo/etc. in their twitlist (and maybe don't have one).


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Sat May 18 13:51:00 2024
    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that on their own systems.

    We could change the default settings for new users to include the 'N' restriction, which would (by defualt, in new SBBS installs) prevent new users from posting messages on networks.

    That sounds harmless enough.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Sun May 19 14:18:50 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sat May 18 2024 01:27 pm

    i havent seen it so i have something right in my twitfilter or in my ip filter
    i blocked pengo back in feb.
    i see shitty necroposting to the pengo pedo post post on thurs may 02 on vert.

    Yep. ;)

    is it this marry4 guy?

    Shitty or pengo? I don't think either of them are mary4 but could be wrong.


    i talked about this before when this was all happening.
    there's a norwegian bbs. the sysop and the person posting are the same
    person, i'm pretty sure.

    anyways, if people learned to twitlist properly this stuff wouldn't be annoying people.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Sun May 19 14:20:23 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sat May 18 2024 02:01 pm

    i'm still not seeing any of this shit. is someone actually going around now posting junk?

    If you have him added to your twitlist, then you are like me and not seeing it.

    The OP doesn't run synchronet, I don't think, so they probably don't have Pengo/etc. in their twitlist (and maybe don't have one).


    He should just tell his hub to filter this shit out.
    asking a specific bbs software to add a super restrictive feature that prevents people from outright posting is just stupid. furthermore the guy said they were using other non synchronet bbses to post.

    Filtering is not hard and you can get creative.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Sun May 19 14:21:41 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Sat May 18 2024 01:51 pm

    I am not real sure what DM can do to force sysops not to do that on their own systems.

    We could change the default settings for new users to include the 'N' restriction, which would (by defualt, in new SBBS installs) prevent new users from posting messages on networks.

    That sounds harmless enough.

    I'm against it. It would just be another barrier and we have so few users as it is. Furthermore, if you make such a wide change, they will just figure another way around it.

    I noticed on vert's fidonet echos these posts aren't
    showing up. so either DM filtered properly or manually deleted the posts.

    You also notice on fidonet morons are replying to the posts when the original sender might be filtered on other systems. some are saying 'ignore this'.
    That just adds to noise.

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to MRO on Sun May 19 13:48:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: MRO to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri May 17 2024 10:43 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri May 17 2024 04:57 pm

    temporar


    Bye, Wilfred.


    So, because some idiot is changing names on your site, you want a worldwi change of SBBS installs? Wanna explain it better?



    i'm still not seeing any of this shit. is someone actually going around now

    I've not seen any of it. Seems limited to Z2?

    xxcarol

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Accession on Sun May 19 13:52:00 2024
    Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Accession to Wilfred van Velzen on Sat May 18 2024 07:20 am

    On Sat, 18 May 2024 17:30:20 +0200, you wrote:

    Of course I do. But that is not fixing the problem. And it's just a
    temporar

    Your quoter just cuts of longer sentences in the middle of word... :-(

    All of her editor's (if she still uses SlyEdit) issues have long since been

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.

    You've been claiming that for years. Give it up.
    xxcarol

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  • From Kurt Weiske@VERT to fusion on Sat May 18 07:32:00 2024
    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.



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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Sun May 19 16:07:18 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Sun May 19 2024 02:21 pm

    I noticed on vert's fidonet echos these posts aren't
    showing up. so either DM filtered properly or manually deleted the posts.

    Both.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 19 17:32:58 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to MRO on Sun May 19 2024 01:48 pm

    i'm still not seeing any of this shit. is someone actually going around now

    I've not seen any of it. Seems limited to Z2?

    xxcarol

    well wilfred says correctly that:

    "The last ones I received came in last Wednesday in de ECHO_ADDS and FIDONEWS area. On Tuesday they were posted in FIDONEWS and FNEWS_PUBLISH"

    I would ignore the dude or just create filters. Dovenet had a guy like this and they quashed him.

    Like I said before, replying to the posts with anything just creates more noise.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF 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 Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 19 19:27:12 2024
    Hello Carol,

    On Sun, May 19 2024 22:52:00 +0000, you wrote:

    All of her editor's (if she still uses SlyEdit) issues have long since been

    You've been claiming that for years. Give it up.

    I gave up on trying to keep you aware of the editor's progress long ago, you're definitely right on that.

    But yes, I'll let others know (and defend the software that I use and support) that your choice *not* to upgrade is the reason behind the issues Wilfred pointed out.

    Have a great rest of your weekend! :D

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon May 20 11:06:17 2024
    Hi Carol,

    On 2024-05-19 13:48:00, you wrote to MRO:

    i'm still not seeing any of this shit. is someone actually going around
    now

    I've not seen any of it. Seems limited to Z2?

    No it originated on a Z1 system, and got everywhere...


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Mon May 20 09:08:00 2024
    furthermore the guy said they
    were using other non synchronet bbses to post.

    I have noticed, and mentioned, that also. IMHO, it happens most with synchronet BBSes because there are so many of them, but I have also seen
    him post from mystic and at least one other type bbs (forget which now).


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to WILFRED VAN VELZEN on Mon May 20 09:31:00 2024
    why dont you tell your hubs to filter these posts from fidonet?
    it would be more effective.

    It's better to fix it at the source. Besides it's highly frowned upon to filter
    echomail.

    No it isn't, except by those who get some sort of thrill in reading
    messages from "Lee Lofaso" talking about masturbating and how he consumes his own ejaculate.

    The rest of us are plenty fine with filtering out spam and the absurdly infantile.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to WILFRED VAN VELZEN on Mon May 20 09:27:00 2024
    I've not seen any of it. Seems limited to Z2?

    No it originated on a Z1 system, and got everywhere...

    I have seen it from both zones. The originating IPA is in Russia.


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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Dumas Walker on Mon May 20 09:51:11 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 09:08 am

    furthermore the guy said they
    were using other non synchronet bbses to post.

    I have noticed, and mentioned, that also. IMHO, it happens most with synchronet BBSes because there are so many of them, but I have also seen
    him post from mystic and at least one other type bbs (forget which now).


    * SLMR 2.1a * He who laughs last...had to have it explained.

    My BBS is setup so new users won't even see Dove-net until I upgrade their account also the guest account has the same restrictions.
    They can post all the want on my local message base, I also put a that restriction on voting and uploading.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Wilfred van Velzen on Mon May 20 13:34:20 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon May 20 2024 11:06 am

    I've not seen any of it. Seems limited to Z2?

    No it originated on a Z1 system, and got everywhere...


    you guys should have contacted him and told him to twit filter the names they were using.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Mon May 20 13:36:09 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 09:08 am

    furthermore the guy said they
    were using other non synchronet bbses to post.

    I have noticed, and mentioned, that also. IMHO, it happens most with synchronet BBSes because there are so many of them, but I have also seen
    him post from mystic and at least one other type bbs (forget which now).


    They should just filter on their systems and the person will get bored and go away. In all my years i never saw a person ask for a bbs software to be changed in his manner just because of one person. I think these fidonet guys are just
    fucking lazy.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Denn on Mon May 20 13:50:54 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Dumas Walker on Mon May 20 2024 09:51 am


    My BBS is setup so new users won't even see Dove-net until I upgrade their account also the guest account has the same restrictions.
    They can post all the want on my local message base, I also put a that restriction on voting and uploading.

    okay dude who got blocked from posting for spam. :D
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to MRO on Mon May 20 20:29:34 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Dumas Walker on Mon May 20 2024 09:51 am

    okay dude who got blocked from posting for spam. :D
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    I didn't post spam, WTF are you talking about?
    Some people here are just drama Queens.
    Not happy unless you stir up a hornets nest.

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Accession on Mon May 20 19:32:00 2024
    Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Accession to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 19 2024 07:27 pm

    Hello Carol,

    On Sun, May 19 2024 22:52:00 +0000, you wrote:

    All of her editor's (if she still uses SlyEdit) issues have long since b

    You've been claiming that for years. Give it up.

    I gave up on trying to keep you aware of the editor's progress long ago, you

    But yes, I'll let others know (and defend the software that I use and suppor

    Have a great rest of your weekend! :D

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.

    I Did upgrade. You've been TOLD that.

    xxcarol

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Denn on Mon May 20 22:26:13 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 08:29 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Dumas Walker on Mon May 20 2024 09:51 am

    okay dude who got blocked from posting for spam. :D
    ---
    I didn't post spam, WTF are you talking about?
    Some people here are just drama Queens.
    Not happy unless you stir up a hornets nest.


    see what i mean. didn't cross your mind why you got posting priv yanked.
    that didn't take long

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon May 20 22:42:58 2024
    Hello Carol,

    On Mon, May 20 2024 23:32:00 -0500, you wrote:

    I gave up on trying to keep you aware of the editor's progress long ago, you

    This sentence was cut off, but this could just be you not quoting the next line.

    But yes, I'll let others know (and defend the software that I use and suppor

    The WORD at the end of this line was cut off, that's usually not user error.

    I Did upgrade. You've been TOLD that.

    Recent versions of SlyEdit (if that's what you're still using), as well as Deuce's FSEditor both add a NOTE kludge that gives version information and possibly even the release date. You don't seem to have that kludge in your messages. *shrug*

    Either way, you could take a look at SlyEdit.cfg and check this setting:

    ; If the reWrapQuoteLines option is set to true, quote lines will be re-wrapped ; so that they are complete but still look good when quoted. If this option is ; disabled, then quote lines will simply be trimmed to fit into the message. reWrapQuoteLines=true

    If it's currently set to false, that's why you're trimming the end of the lines (in case you want to correct that). If you don't have that option in the default config file, you haven't upgraded in quite some time.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
    --- slrn/pre1.0.4-9 (Linux)
    * Origin: _thePharcyde distribution system (Wisconsin) (723:1/1)
    þ Synchronet þ _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to MRO on Mon May 20 22:48:58 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: MRO to Denn on Mon May 20 2024 10:26 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 08:29 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Dumas Walker on Mon May 20 2024 09:51 am

    okay dude who got blocked from posting for spam. :D
    ---
    I didn't post spam, WTF are you talking about?
    Some people here are just drama Queens.
    Not happy unless you stir up a hornets nest.


    see what i mean. didn't cross your mind why you got posting priv yanked. that didn't take long

    1st off, this has nothing to do with you, 2nd I never posted any spam, 3rd you're an idiot.
    Don't bother with a reply because you're going in the twitlist.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS 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
    electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@VERT to MRO on Tue May 21 11:00:01 2024
    Hi MRO,

    On 2024-05-20 13:34:20, you wrote to me:

    I've not seen any of it. Seems limited to Z2?

    No it originated on a Z1 system, and got everywhere...

    you guys should have contacted him and told him to twit filter the
    names they were using.

    "We guys" did ask him to change his setup, and he did...


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.3-B20240423
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
    þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Denn on Tue May 21 10:59:28 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 10:48 pm


    1st off, this has nothing to do with you,

    you're posting in a public forum. are you new to the internet?

    2nd I never posted any spam,

    that's the only thing that will get your posting privs shut off.
    your system was flooding with something.

    3rd
    you're an idiot.

    I've never flooded a msg network. so who's the idiot.

    Don't bother with a reply because you're going in the twitlist.

    again, you are in a pubic forum. you keep saying shit like don't post anymore, the matter is closed, etc.

    you still don't know have a clue.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF 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.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Mickey@VERT/CORSYNC to Denn on Tue May 21 19:31:24 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 22:48:58

    1st off, this has nothing to do with you, 2nd I never posted any spam, 3rd you're an idiot.
    Don't bother with a reply because you're going in the twitlist.


    Is it just me or are people slowly turning this forum into Facebook. Somebody cuts a quote short, or makes a spelling mistake and everyone gets their panties in a twist. You don't like something about what someone says so you threaten to block, unfollow, or YIKES, even put them on a twitlist? Why do we bother?

    (The preceding thoughts were my personal opinion only, and not meant to threaten, harass, diminish, embarass, or cause anyone to run to their safe space)


    .
    Mick Manning
    Central Ontario Remote | centralontarioremote.net:23

    ... The Blues had a Baby - They called it Rock & Roll
    ... Join BluesNET - It's not for everyone.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mickey on Tue May 21 19:37:20 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Mickey to Denn on Tue May 21 2024 07:31 pm


    Is it just me or are people slowly turning this forum into Facebook. Somebody cuts a quote short, or makes a spelling mistake and everyone gets their panties in a twist. You don't like something about what someone says so you threaten to block, unfollow, or YIKES, even put them on a twitlist?

    bbs people have always been grumpy pricks.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Mickey on Tue May 21 20:27:43 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 22:48:58

    Is it just me or are people slowly turning this forum into Facebook. Somebody cuts a quote short, or makes a spelling mistake and everyone gets their panties in a twist. You don't like something about what someone says so you threaten to block, unfollow, or YIKES, even put them on a twitlist? Why do we bother?

    (The preceding thoughts were my personal opinion only, and not meant to threaten, harass, diminish, embarass, or cause anyone to run to their safe space)

    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on Bewitched, He's a troll.
    I don't feel like putting up with him any more.
    The easy solution is to put him in my twitlist.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Denn on Tue May 21 22:07:15 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Mickey on Tue May 21 2024 08:27 pm


    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on Bewitched, He's a troll.
    I don't feel like putting up with him any more.
    The easy solution is to put him in my twitlist.

    You're just NOW talking about me like that because i pointed out how incompetent you were. That bewitched reference is lame as hell too.
    I used to watch that when i was a kid and i still barely remember it.

    I'm not a troll, i say what i mean. trolls just say things to get a reaction. Again, you are in a public forum. you can't accuse ANYBODY of being nosey.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Denn on Wed May 22 00:24:00 2024
    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on Bewitched, He's a troll.
    I don't feel like putting up with him any more.
    The easy solution is to put him in my twitlist.

    i used to think he was annoying as fuck

    stay longer and you'll realize he's you, but from the future.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to fusion on Wed May 22 02:36:10 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: fusion to Denn on Wed May 22 2024 12:24 am

    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on Bewitched, He's a troll.
    I don't feel like putting up with him any more.
    The easy solution is to put him in my twitlist.

    i used to think he was annoying as fuck

    stay longer and you'll realize he's you, but from the future.

    I'M FUCKING AWESOME
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to fusion on Wed May 22 08:18:28 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: fusion to Denn on Wed May 22 2024 12:24 am

    i used to think he was annoying as fuck

    stay longer and you'll realize he's you, but from the future.

    He is me. but from the past. I wonder if he'll ever outgrow it?

    DaiTengu

    ...Don`t force it, get a larger hammer.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ War Ensemble BBS - The sport is war, total war - warensemble.com
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Denn on Wed May 22 06:33:00 2024
    Denn wrote to Mickey <=-

    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on
    Bewitched, He's a troll.

    MRO/Jas Hud reminds me of the saying - "Why would I accept criticism
    from someone who I wouldn't accept advice from?"





    ... Change specifics to ambiguities
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    þ Synchronet þ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :.
  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 22 11:08:27 2024
    MRO/Jas Hud reminds me of the saying - "Why would I accept criticism
    from someone who I wouldn't accept advice from?"

    ... Change specifics to ambiguities
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    ¨ Synchronet ¨ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :.


    So are you saying jas hud and MRO are one in the same?
    I don't mind criticism, and I do take advise if it's good advise, I just grow weary of a guy that constantly gets into everybody's business whithout even knowing the facts, he's a troll that just likes to stir things up everywhere he can.
    That's ok I guess he has nothing better going for him in life.
    But after 10 years I choose not to interact with him.
    The twitlist comes in handy in cases like this.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 22 10:58:42 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Wed May 22 2024 06:33 am

    MRO/Jas Hud reminds me of the saying - "Why would I accept criticism from someone who I wouldn't accept advice from?"

    That's a really good point.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Wed May 22 11:00:03 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 22 2024 11:08 am

    So are you saying jas hud and MRO are one in the same?

    Yes, they're the same person.

    I don't mind
    criticism, and I do take advise if it's good advise, I just grow weary of a guy that constantly gets into everybody's business whithout even knowing the facts, he's a troll that just likes to stir things up everywhere he can.

    That and he's the only one I've seen on here who repeatedly calls people autistic or other names, and so on..

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 22 16:07:24 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Wed May 22 2024 06:33 am

    Denn wrote to Mickey <=-

    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on Bewitched, He's a troll.

    MRO/Jas Hud reminds me of the saying - "Why would I accept criticism
    from someone who I wouldn't accept advice from?"



    Never heard that saying, but looks like you bastardized it.

    I don't think you would accept advice or criticism from anybody, considering how badly your bbs runs.

    MULTIPLE TIMES over at least a decade, when your issues have been pointed out you never bothered fixing them. I also don't believe most of your stories and reminiscing. Over the years you just come off as a typical old liberal hipster who likes pine nuts on his muffins.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Wed May 22 16:10:25 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 22 2024 10:58 am

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Wed May 22 2024 06:33 am

    MRO/Jas Hud reminds me of the saying - "Why would I accept criticism from someone who I wouldn't accept advice from?"

    That's a really good point.

    Nightfox

    there's also a saying 'tell someone who gives a damn'
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Mickey@VERT/CORSYNC to MRO on Wed May 22 18:44:06 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: MRO to Mickey on Tue May 21 2024 19:37:20

    gets their panties in a twist. You don't like something about what someone says so you threaten to block, unfollow, or YIKES, even put them on a twitlist?

    bbs people have always been grumpy pricks.

    GET OFF MY LAWN! :-)


    .
    Mick Manning
    Central Ontario Remote | centralontarioremote.net:23

    ... The Blues had a Baby - They called it Rock & Roll
    ... Join BluesNET - An Area for Active Musicians

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  • From Mickey@VERT/CORSYNC to Denn on Wed May 22 18:46:38 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Mickey on Tue May 21 2024 20:27:43

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to MRO on Mon May 20 2024 22:48:58

    Is it just me or are people slowly turning this forum into Facebook. Somebody cuts a quote short, or makes a spelling mistake and everyone gets their panties in a twist. You don't like something about what someone says (The preceding thoughts were my personal opinion only, and not meant to threaten, harass, diminish, embarass, or cause anyone to run to their safe space)

    In the 10 years I've been here MRO has been the
    Gladys Kravitz of BBS forums, you know the nosey neighbor on Bewitched, He's a troll.
    I don't feel like putting up with him any more.

    So you're going to be Gladys' Abner? ABNER!!!


    .
    Mick Manning
    Central Ontario Remote | centralontarioremote.net:23

    ... The Blues had a Baby - They called it Rock & Roll
    ... Join BluesNET - An Area for Active Musicians

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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Wed May 22 20:22:49 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 22 2024 11:08 am

    Yes, they're the same person.

    That and he's the only one I've seen on here who repeatedly calls people autistic or other names, and so on..

    Nightfox

    ---
    Yep, ive seen many new sysops just wanting to rekindle their love of BBSing only to be treated like crap by a few then leaving never to be heard from here again, it's not just MRO there are a few that jump in with him.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Thu May 23 09:59:53 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Wed May 22 2024 08:22 pm

    Yep, ive seen many new sysops just wanting to rekindle their love of BBSing only to be treated like crap by a few then leaving never to be heard from here again, it's not just MRO there are a few that jump in with him.

    If you really enjoy the hobby of BBSing, you have to ignore some of the bad stuff and not let it bother you too much.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Nightfox on Thu May 23 13:14:52 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Wed May 22 2024 08:22 pm

    If you really enjoy the hobby of BBSing, you have to ignore some of the bad stuff and not let it bother you too much.

    Nightfox

    That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated.
    But you're right they should ignore the negative.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Thu May 23 19:01:04 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Thu May 23 2024 09:59 am

    BBSing only to be treated like crap by a few then leaving never to be heard from here again, it's not just MRO there are a few that jump in with him.

    If you really enjoy the hobby of BBSing, you have to ignore some of the bad stuff and not let it bother you too much.

    first he should learn how to properly run a bbs.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
  • From Ravne@VERT/RAVEN to Denn on Fri May 24 10:17:29 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu May 23 2024 01:14 pm

    If you really enjoy the hobby of BBSing, you have to ignore some of the bad
    stuff and not let it bother you too much.
    Nightfox
    That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're right they should ignore the negative.

    It's one thing to ignore negativity about technical abilities or reading comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain person throwing around slur words like it's 1985.

    We talk here about wanting to appeal to more people, but then we allow people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming the majority. If I hadn't been into BBSing in the mid 90s & had other women helping me feel welcome back then, there's probably no way I'd be here now.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Raven of the Storm
  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Ravne on Fri May 24 12:21:29 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Ravne to Denn on Fri May 24 2024 10:17 am

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu May 23 2024 01:14 pm

    If you really enjoy the hobby of BBSing, you have to ignore some of the bad
    stuff and not let it bother you too much.
    Nightfox
    That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're right they should ignore the negative.

    It's one thing to ignore negativity about technical abilities or reading comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain person throwing around slur words like it's 1985.

    Having no tolerance for intolerance is still intolerance.

    Negativity is mostly by a few, there are many people promoting posativity here to, those here that are willing to help the new ones enjoy the hobby.
    Thats why I say just ignore the negativity.


    We talk here about wanting to appeal to more people, but then we allow people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming the majority. If I hadn't been into BBSing in the mid 90s & had other women helping me feel welcome back then, there's probably no way I'd be here now.

    No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground.
    I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From Ravne@VERT/RAVEN to Denn on Fri May 24 12:03:17 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Ravne on Fri May 24 2024 12:21 pm

    That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're
    right they should ignore the negative.
    comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no
    tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain person
    throwing around slur words like it's 1985.
    Having no tolerance for intolerance is still intolerance.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

    Negativity is mostly by a few, there are many people promoting posativity here to, those here that are willing to help the new ones enjoy the hobby. Thats why I say just ignore the negativity.

    As a (presumably) straight white man, I think you underestimate the effects bigotry has on minorities.

    people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men
    being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming
    No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground. I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.

    I did a poor job of phrasing my thoughts here. In this point, I'm talking about the world in general, not specifically BBSing. I also misspoke saying that some other demographic would take over as the majority. My meaning is more along the lines of old straight white men becoming less & less dominant of a majority.
    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Raven of the Storm
  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Ravne on Fri May 24 15:39:00 2024
    On 24 May 2024, Ravne said the following...

    We talk here about wanting to appeal to more people, but then we allow people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming the majority. If I hadn't been into BBSing in the mid 90s & had other women helping me feel welcome back then, there's probably no way
    I'd be here now.

    i for one will suffer the hostility if it means i don't have to sit around singing kumbaya with some of the people that keep showing up

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi
  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Ravne on Fri May 24 15:24:23 2024
    Re: Re: BBS community improvements
    By: Ravne to Denn on Fri May 24 2024 12:03 pm

    No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace it with another, in fact we should all be reaching for middle ground. I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki page to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.

    I did a poor job of phrasing my thoughts here. In this point, I'm talking about the world in general, not specifically BBSing. I also misspoke saying that some other demographic would take over as the majority. My meaning is more along the lines of old straight white men becoming less & less dominant of a majority.

    No problem :)

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ the Outwest BBS - outwestbbs.com or outwest.synchro.net
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ravne on Sat May 25 07:51:00 2024
    Ravne wrote to Denn <=-

    We talk here about wanting to appeal to more people, but then we allow people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white
    men being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becoming the majority.

    The person I assume you're referring to is race and gender-agnostic.
    He's the same obnoxious, obscene troll regardless of gender, identity,
    ethnicity or choice of computer platform.



    ... A journey of a thousand sandwiches begins with a single cut.
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Denn on Sat May 25 16:12:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Ravne on Fri May 24 2024 12:21 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Ravne to Denn on Fri May 24 2024 10:17 am

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu May 23 2024 01:14 pm

    If you really enjoy the hobby of BBSing, you have to ignore some of t bad
    stuff and not let it bother you too much.
    Nightfox
    That's true, but some of these guy's just get frustrated. But you're right they should ignore the negative.

    It's one thing to ignore negativity about technical abilities or reading comprehension. It's entirely another to have to ignore bigotry. I have no tolerance for intolerance. It's the year 2024, but we have a certain pers throwing around slur words like it's 1985.

    Having no tolerance for intolerance is still intolerance.

    Negativity is mostly by a few, there are many people promoting posativity h
    Thats why I say just ignore the negativity.


    We talk here about wanting to appeal to more people, but then we allow people to make it feel hostile. The days of you older straight white men being the majority are ending, we need to appeal to those that are becomi the majority. If I hadn't been into BBSing in the mid 90s & had other wom helping me feel welcome back then, there's probably no way I'd be here no

    No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace i
    I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki p to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.


    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for help finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless). I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    xxcarol

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat May 25 19:04:56 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ravne on Sat May 25 2024 07:51 am


    The person I assume you're referring to is race and gender-agnostic.
    He's the same obnoxious, obscene troll regardless of gender, identity,
    ethnicity or choice of computer platform.

    are you talking about me?
    You're just mad because i talked about how your bbs was a horrible feed.
    poor lux was getting msgs 1 per week if he was lucky.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 19:06:15 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 04:12 pm

    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for help finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless). I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    xxcarol


    what was the question about?
    the synchronet docs are actually pretty decent. All other bbs softwares have horrible documentation.

    even the old docs are useful.
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  • From kk4qbn@VERT/KK4QBN to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 19:04:33 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 16:12:00

    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for help finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless). I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    The terms "Synchronet Wiki whatever issue" used in a simple google search has always directed me to the information I am looking for.
    ---
    Tim (kk4qbn)
    +o kk4qbn.synchro.net
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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 20:53:06 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 04:12 pm


    No one should be in a majority, you want to take one majority and replace i
    I like Robs approach, when we ask noob questions he points us to the wiki p to encourage us to look for and find the answers to our problems.


    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for help finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless). I never asked again. No, I never found it either.


    One bad experience dosen't mean nobody will help out.
    If I know an answer I try to help.
    If I don't know I leave it to those that do know to answer.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to kk4qbn on Sun May 26 07:44:00 2024
    kk4qbn wrote to Carol Shenkenberger <=-

    The terms "Synchronet Wiki whatever issue" used in a simple google
    search has always directed me to the information I am looking for. ---

    I've used the RobBot - post a question on DOVEnet and I'd get a
    response from Rob with the URL to the answer, usually the first
    response to my question.

    The wiki is amazingly helpful.




    ... What do you hope to find, anyway?
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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to MRO on Sun May 26 16:51:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: MRO to Denn on Tue May 21 2024 11:07 pm

    incompetent you were. That bewitched reference is lame as hell too.
    I used to watch that when i was a kid and i still barely remember it.

    The nose twitch tho? Really?

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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to Nopants on Sun May 26 17:02:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Nopants to MRO on Sun May 26 2024 04:51 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: MRO to Denn on Tue May 21 2024 11:07 pm

    incompetent you were. That bewitched reference is lame as hell too.
    I used to watch that when i was a kid and i still barely remember it.

    The nose twitch tho? Really?

    Some context
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sltfl_YxEIE

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to kk4qbn on Wed May 29 16:32:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: kk4qbn to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 2024 07:04 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 16:12:00

    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for help finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless). I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    The terms "Synchronet Wiki whatever issue" used in a simple google search ha

    It remains not well documented. Not many need it so it doesn't matter anymore.
    xxcarol


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Carol Shenkenberger on Wed May 29 14:56:16 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to kk4qbn on Wed May 29 2024 04:32 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: kk4qbn to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 2024 07:04 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 16:12:00

    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for help finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless).
    I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    The terms "Synchronet Wiki whatever issue" used in a simple google search ha

    It remains not well documented. Not many need it so it doesn't matter anymore.

    What is "it"?
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Steven Wright quote #9:
    All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
    Norco, CA WX: 74.5øF, 52.0% humidity, 8 mph W wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Wed May 29 17:55:56 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Digital Man to Carol Shenkenberger on Wed May 29 2024 02:56 pm

    search ha

    It remains not well documented. Not many need it so it doesn't matter anymore.

    What is "it"?


    what the hell! use you mindreader skills.
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@VERT/SHENKS to Digital Man on Fri May 31 14:55:00 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Digital Man to Carol Shenkenberger on Wed May 29 2024 02:56 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to kk4qbn on Wed May 29 2024 04:32 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: kk4qbn to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 2024 07:04 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 16:12:00

    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for h finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless) I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    The terms "Synchronet Wiki whatever issue" used in a simple google sea ha

    It remains not well documented. Not many need it so it doesn't matter anymore.

    What is "it"?
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Steven Wright quote #9:
    All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
    Norco, CA WX: 74.5øF, 52.0% humidity, 8 mph W wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs


    It was a query related to netmail.
    xxcarol

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri May 31 18:29:15 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2024 02:55 pm



    It was a query related to netmail.
    xxcarol


    why are you making us play 20 questions dude.
    spit it out.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri May 31 18:35:18 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2024 02:55 pm

    What is "it"?

    It was a query related to netmail.
    xxcarol



    Digital Man
    Mar 13, 2009, 5:20:04ÿPM
    to
    To: Carol Shenkenberger
    Re: Fidonet Questions
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Digital Man on Fri Mar 13 2009 01:40 pm

    If you're just doing echomail and zone 1 netmail, you only need 2
    entries for your uplink and one for everyone else (e.g. 1:ALL).


    Question, will the doing away with zonegates affect any internal issues
    there with the statements? This is happening the next week or so and has
    in some zones already.

    Nope.

    digital man
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat Jun 1 16:48:14 2024
    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Digital Man on Fri May 31 2024 02:55 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Digital Man to Carol Shenkenberger on Wed May 29 2024 02:56 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to kk4qbn on Wed May 29 2024 04:32 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: kk4qbn to Carol Shenkenberger on Sat May 25 2024 07:04 pm

    Re: Re: Fwd: Girls got chip p
    By: Carol Shenkenberger to Denn on Sat May 25 2024 16:12:00

    Sometimes the author gives bad pointers back. I asked once for h finding the right area on the wiki for something very specific, listing all the pages I had tried, and what part I was missing.

    Link came bach with the root page of the wiki (obviously useless) I never asked again. No, I never found it either.

    The terms "Synchronet Wiki whatever issue" used in a simple google sea ha

    It remains not well documented. Not many need it so it doesn't matter anymore.

    What is "it"?

    It was a query related to netmail.

    So, netmail is not well documented? Can you be more specific?
    --
    digital man (rob)

    Rush quote #8:
    One likes to believe in the freedom of music...
    Norco, CA WX: 73.8øF, 56.0% humidity, 7 mph NW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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