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From: langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner)
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Subject: Re: BBS software and content ideas
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Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 03:29:13 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 27 03:29:13 1987
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Summary: Any BBS w/gateway to Usenet?

I'm doing some research into what software to use for my yet-to-be-born public
information service, the Max Elbowroom BBS.  See article
<1870@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> for more details.

page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) wrote:
>langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner) (<-- hey, that's me!) wrote:
>>got the line listed under the name of my "roommate",  Max Elbowroom.
>
>Too cool.  I called information, they had no listing in either business
>or residential for Mr. Elbowroom.

Actually, Bob, the line won't be *installed* until 1 December, and knowing NET
the listing won't be available in directory assistance for a couple of weeks
afterward.

Anyway, thanks to the zillions who responded to my initial posting.
Apparently, the only BBS worth using is part of or has a gateway to an
existing, large network (such as, for example, Usenet :-).  So now the big
question is: is there any BBS software that runs on the Amiga and has built-in
connectivity (oooh! I just *love* using those buzzwords) to some kind of
network.  For example, an Amiga FidoNet node would be OK (Echomail works).  A
BBS that has a gateway to Usenet would be ideal, since I can get feeds for all
the best groups.  Does anyone know of such an animal, or perhaps of a way to
integrate this capability into an existing BBS system (perhaps by incorporating
the uupc utilities somehow?)?  (Experienced Amiga hackers, this is your dream
project and you know it! :-)

Be seing you...
--Lang Zerner      langz@athena.mit.edu   ...ihnp4!mit-eddie!mit-athena!langz
"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the only misfortune is to do it
 solemnly"   --Michel de Montaigne