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Anope irc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-06T01:47:08+00:00

Anope irc Anope IRC Services is a Windows compatible set of services for a wide range of ircd available today. Homepage: The current version is 2.06 but for some reason I was never able to get this version to connect to Synchro.net IRC. However, by using the older Anope 1.8.9 version I was successful. This page is written using Synchro.net

Use Apache HTTP Server with Synchronet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-03-01T20:21:14+00:00

Use Apache HTTP Server with Synchronet The Apache HTTP Server (httpd) supports dynamic content via external executables called CGI programs. MOD_PROXY Probably the best way to integrate Synchronet behind Apache is to configure MOD_PROXY on Apache to reverse-proxy calls for .ssjs files to Synchronet's

Use BinkD with Synchronet and SBBSecho

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-18T06:34:58+00:00

Use BinkD with Synchronet and SBBSecho Instructions on using BinkD (FidoNet/TCP/IP mailer) with Synchronet and SBBSecho by Deuce. Variables Ok, let's just run through them then... I'll use the following: Variable Purpose bP Your binkd path (Mine is

Blocking "Hackers"

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-11T10:06:37+00:00

Blocking "Hackers" Definition of "Hacker" For the purpose of this article, the term “hacker” refers to automated systems which attempt to login to your Synchronet TCP/IP servers and services using common, well-known, or randomly selected credentials (user names and passwords). These

Use DNS-based Blacklists with the Synchronet Mail Server

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2010-03-18T06:40:22+00:00

Use DNS-based Blacklists with the Synchronet Mail Server DNS-based Blacklists are 3rd party maintained blacklists/blocklists with varying criteria for hosts (IP addresses) to be listed, which may be used by the Synchronet Mail Server for the tagging or rejecting of incoming mail messages based on blacklist-status.

How to Setup Docker on Ubuntu

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T23:19:31+00:00

How to Setup Docker on Ubuntu Before starting, if you intend to use YOURNAME.synchro.net, you should go ahead and create an account on |Vertrauen in order to access DoveNet as well as the synchro.net dynamic dns service. You can also bring your own registered domain, or use any domain (such as YOURNAME.bbs.io) via

Use DOS Doors with Synchronet on FreeBSD

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2011-06-20T23:17:49+00:00

Use DOS Doors with Synchronet on FreeBSD On FreeBSD, your options for running DOS doors are: * DOSCMD * DOSBOX * Virtual Machine (e.g. VMWare) See Also * How-To Pages doors

Use DOS Doors with Synchronet on Linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-26T02:20:58+00:00

Use DOS Doors with Synchronet on Linux Instructions for using DOSEMU to run DOS doors on Synchronet-Linux. :!: DOSEMU has been discontinued for more than a decade. However, it is the only viable solution for most distributions to run DOS doors, and is supported in Synchronet. However, there is

DOSEMU2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-04T07:51:44+00:00

DOSEMU2 Synchronet has run DOS Doors under Linux for years using DOSEMU. Many Sysops find that it meets their needs very well and is stable. However, DOSEMU has not been maintained, has controversial licensing terms, and not every DOOR program works well with it. This page will detail the modifications made to get DOSEMU2 running under Synchronet for Linux with

DOVE-Net for Mystic Sysops

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-05T21:00:11+00:00

DOVE-Net for Mystic Sysops Instructions for joining the DOVE-Net message network from a Mystic BBS using QWK packet technology. Corrections and clarifications are welcome. Attribution These instructions were originally provided by Mystic sysop, Ratz: From: Ratz (21:2/114) Date: Tue Mar 31 2020 07:38 am UTC-4:00 (2.3 years ago) In order to set up a QWK network within Mystic is not very difficult, and it does work. Trust me. This information is using the most current version of Mystic BBS a…

🕊️ Join DOVE-Net

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-09T04:09:36+00:00

🕊️ Join DOVE-Net This explains the steps required for joining the DOVE-Net BBS message network. For Mystic BBS sysops, see this article instead. Step 1: Choose a QWK-ID If you're using Synchronet BBS Software, your BBS's QWK-ID is configured in SCFG->Message Options

Email Security

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-07-08T04:42:21+00:00

Email Security In order to prevent one's emails from being labeled as SPAM, or worse, rejected, one can setup email security through a DNS. More and more Servers are starting to reject email that is not being secured to prove that it has come from a reliable source and not some spammer. This section will walk through the steps of securing your email server.

Use Fail2Ban on GNU/Linux to block botnet's attacks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-18T21:15:33+00:00

Use Fail2Ban on GNU/Linux to block botnet's attacks Synchronet now have a built-in support to block incomming connections (see Blocking "Hackers") but it's feature protect SBBS services only (which in most cases is sufficient). If you running another services/daemons on same server, you can use

🐶 Join FidoNet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-05T02:19:59+00:00

🐶 Join FidoNet There are several message and file networks that use FidoNet technology - these are referred to as Fido Technology Networks or FTNs. This article is about joining the original Fido technology network known as FidoNet (or Fidonet).

Freebsd Non-root

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-01T15:07:24+00:00

Freebsd Non-root Running on FreeBSD, you can use the mac_portacl(4) framework to allow a specific user ID to bind specific reserved ports. First, find the uid of the user you are running sbbs as. Assuming the user name is “sbbs”: id sbbs . Next, you need to edit

Freq

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-21T23:09:36+00:00

Freq To send a FidoNet File Request netmail from within Synchronet, the user needs to either be a sysop or have the F exemption. The file-requesting user then uses FR: as the subject of the netmail message and send it to user@, e.g. using the

Use Synchronet as a Door Game Server

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-03-17T19:55:12+00:00

Use Synchronet as a Door Game Server A door game server is a TCP server (typically using the RLogin protocol) that provides remote user (player) access to BBS door games, only. Synchronet makes an excellent door game server: * The Synchronet Virtual

🐛 Debug Synchronet for *nix using GDB

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-04T10:56:32+00:00

🐛 Debug Synchronet for *nix using GDB You can either run Synchronet (sbbs) from the GNU debugger (gdb), or you can debug an sbbs crash “post mortem” provided you have a system-generated core file as a result of a crash. Debug Build For the debugger output to be most useful, you need to execute a

Use Synchronet Git Repository

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-10-12T05:21:06+00:00

Use Synchronet Git Repository Synchronet uses Git for its Source Repository (as of August, 2020). Updating an Install from CVS So you previously installed Synchronet for *nix using the install/GNUmakefile method, which resulted in “checking-out” the source files from

HAProxy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-12-06T05:33:29+00:00

HAProxy HAProxy provides a way of connecting a (TCP) service that is behind a firewall, or private IP addressing scheme to be publicly available using a public address. While incoming NAT may be able to achieve the same result (if your firewall provides that function), a proxy has some additional benefits that may be helpful:

Hardening the Synchronet Servers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-07-25T09:29:52+00:00

Hardening the Synchronet Servers Hardening a system is the process in which an administrator or systems operator reduces the chance an attacker can either gain access or information from a system. You may wish to harden your system to protect your BBS

How to use Hiawatha as a reverse proxy server for Synchronet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2016-05-28T18:11:12+00:00

How to use Hiawatha as a reverse proxy server for Synchronet Synchronet 3.16c and prior versions do not support SSL connections. Synchronet CVS subsequent to 3.16c have an implementation of SSL, but you may either have problems with it working correctly or you may simply wish to use Hiawatha's implementation of

How-To Pages

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2016-11-16T04:03:18+00:00

How-To Pages Detailed instructions on how to perform popular Synchronet-related tasks. howto index See Also * Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Integrate Linux Shell Apps

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-08T15:03:00+00:00

Integrate Linux Shell Apps Linux shell applications can be added to Synchronet by using the built in js function bbs.exec(); and must pass special command line arguments that instruct sbbs to pipe the shell i/o to the client terminal. ie: bbs.exec('links2 "google.com/search?q='+google+'"', EX_STDIO|EX_NATIVE|EX_NOLOG);

Start Synchronet on Linux as a Non-root user

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-03-09T18:40:32+00:00

Start Synchronet on Linux as a Non-root user systemd If you're running any kind of recent (last 2yrs+) systemd, just put this line in the [Service] section of your sbbs.service file, if it isn't already: AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE setcap setcap

Moderate Message Bases

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-16T01:46:06+00:00

Moderate Message Bases So, you have a message area that's out of control, and you (or another user) are willing to review every post and delete or validate every message as appropriate. How moderation works Any message posted into a sub-board by a user who matches the

Mouse-Enable your Synchronet BBS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-03-03T22:32:27+00:00

Mouse-Enable your Synchronet BBS The Synchronet Terminal Server (v3.18a and later) supports XTerm-compatible and SyncTERM-compatible mouse reporting: * Protocol: X10 compatibility mode (ESC[?9h) * Encoding: SGR extended coordinates (ESC[?1006h) Some modules (e.g. Deuce's Lightbar command shell, Synchronet Minesweeper) may manually enable and capture mouse events. However, for the most part, mouse-enablement is achieved by utilizing special codes/sequences to define mouse

MQTT

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-12T06:00:06+00:00

MQTT Setup This is a bit of a stub for MQTT but it'll help you get going, on Ubuntu at least. First, you'll need Synchronet v3.20a or later. Then install the Mosquitto broker and client: sudo apt install mosquitto mosquitto-clients Additionally, if you wish to use an X based mqtt client to receive messages, install libnss3 and xdg-utils

🐜 Debug Synchronet for Windows Using Microsoft Visual Studio/C++

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-05T02:20:58+00:00

🐜 Debug Synchronet for Windows Using Microsoft Visual Studio/C++ Follow these steps to run the Synchronet Console inside the Microsoft Visual Studio/C++ debugger: 1. Open src/sbbs3/sbbs3.sln in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 2. Set the “Solution Configuration”

How to use nginx as a Reverse Proxy with Synchronet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-17T15:18:43+00:00

How to use nginx as a Reverse Proxy with Synchronet nignx is a popular multiplatform web server and reverse proxy. If can be used to proxy traffic to multiple physical/virtual webservers and to host web services with different hostnames (or subdirectories if the webserver can be configured that way) to a single

Install NTVDMx64

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-06-05T22:06:47+00:00

Install NTVDMx64 NTVDMx64 makes it possible to run old DOS applications under 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows 10. Note: There have been observed and reported issues with Windows 11 installations of NTVDMx64. * Download - defeat security features/warnings in the OS or browser to download/save the file successsfully

Support CBM/PETSCII Terminals

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-16T20:06:06+00:00

Support CBM/PETSCII Terminals The Synchronet Terminal server can support Commodore PETSCII terminals. Because the Commodore 64 only supported 40 column text modes, 40 column PETSCII is the most common mode: [Example 40 column PETSCII answer screen] However, a Commodore 128 could also support 80 column text mode, so 80 column

Use PHP with the Synchronet Web Server

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-03T03:42:45+00:00

Use PHP with the Synchronet Web Server Dynamic PHP content may be served by the Synchronet Web Server using PHP-CGI or, for 3.17a builds newer than November 1st, 2015, using PHP-FPM. PHP-CGI is slower and less efficient than PHP-FPM, so PHP-FPM is recommended when available.

Install Synchronet on a Raspberry Pi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-04-30T02:16:22+00:00

Install Synchronet on a Raspberry Pi Here are step-by-step instructions on building and installing Synchronet on a Raspberry Pi running either Raspbian or Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit. Note: While Raspbian and the 32-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS are virtually identical, the 64-bit version of Raspberry Pi

Relay Outgoing SMTP Mail through Vertrauen

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-06-16T22:33:25+00:00

Relay Outgoing SMTP Mail through Vertrauen Problem: Your ISP restricts or blocks outbound connections to TCP port 25 so you are unable to have the Synchronet Mail Server perform Direct Delivery of email messages to public mail (SMTP) servers which require mail delivery on

Report problems or request features for Synchronet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-02-19T08:28:59+00:00

Report problems or request features for Synchronet Synchronet uses the GitLab issue system for reporting bugs or requesting new features: See Also * howto index

Use SpamAssassin with the Synchronet Mail Server

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-09-14T09:27:13+00:00

Use SpamAssassin with the Synchronet Mail Server The Synchronet SMTP Server may use a SpamAssassin server (spamd) to rate received messages and tag or even reject them based on the results. Installation When installing SpamAssassin, make sure you enable the spamd

?¯\_(ツ)_/¯¿ Get Technical Support

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-04T10:54:09+00:00

?¯\_(ツ)_/¯¿ Get Technical Support TL;DR If you're trying to get Synchronet technical support via e-mail, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, or any other social media/discussion group not specifically listed here, you're doing it wrong. Please go

Report problems or request features for SyncTERM

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-05-12T20:48:50+00:00

Report problems or request features for SyncTERM SyncTERM uses the SourceForge ticket system for reporting problems (bugs) or requesting new features: See Also * howto index syncterm

Start, Control, and Monitor Synchronet BBS using systemd

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-07T19:28:39+00:00

Start, Control, and Monitor Synchronet BBS using systemd If you run a modern GNU/Linux distribution, it is likely using systemd as its “init system” for starting and controlling system services/daemons. Installing Synchronet into systemd is recommended for such systems so that Synchronet will start upon system boot and provide all the control and monitoring expected of an integrated system service.

Use TinyTIC with Synchronet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-05-14T01:33:55+00:00

Use TinyTIC with Synchronet Instructions and information for using the TinyTIC tic processor with Synchronet, by jame. TinyTIC is a small, simple Open Source TIC processor that will work with Synchronet; and, in fact, was originally developed for that. It will run on MS Windows, Linux, etc; and the source code is available from its home page. Binaries may also be available there and/or on BBSs; including debian packages for installation on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux system.

Join USENET

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2010-02-25T08:31:40+00:00

Join USENET usenet nntp FIXME See Also * NewsLink * newslink.cfg * HowTo Index

Relay Incoming SMTP Mail through Vertrauen

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-03-01T20:21:12+00:00

Relay Incoming SMTP Mail through Vertrauen Problem: Your ISP restricts or blocks inbound connections to TCP port 25 so you are unable to have the Synchronet Mail Server receive email messages from public mail (SMTP) servers (which by standard convention always attempt delivery on