BBS Gateway

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Mon Sep 28 14:36:45 1998

On 28 Sep 98 at 4:46, Aaron Christopher Finney wrote:

> Uh-oh, 4:00am inspiration. I just got out of bed to ask about this:
>
> Is there an existing BBS system that provides a BBS<==>Internet mail
> gateway? So that a BBS user could, say, subscribe to a mailing list like
> this one? The reason I ask is that I tried to get a shell account with a
> local ISP a few months ago so I could use internet services on my Atari
> 1200XL. None of the local providers offered that service at all, and
> seemed shocked that someone was even asking for one. But a shell prompt
> doesn't exactly have the romance of a classic BBS and I am now set on
> writing one that can do internet mail and browse text html docs. Even
> more ambitious would be the ability to http/ftp binaries using xmodem/etc.
>
> But first, your input would be appreciated:
>
> Does such a system exist already? Is the source available? For what
> platforms?
>
> Is there anyone who would be interested in using such a product/service? I
> guess what I'm asking is if there are others who would like to log on to a
> "classic" BBS using a "classic" computer but still have access to the
> wealth of information and software on the internet...
>
> Any thoughts on platform/environment? Language? My first impulse is Linux,
> written in C. But I also do Windows, and some other languages too.
>
> Anyone want to collaborate on something like this? My time is rarely my
> own, so this would take me a long, long time to do myself. But it seems
> like it'd be an interesting project, so I don't mind at all.
>
> Thanks for listening to a groggy man's ranting. I'm going back to bed
> now...
>
 You might want to check out alt.bbs.internet where this is covered.
There's an existing program PPPBBS which does something like this.
I know it will work under Dos as well as WinDose . There are also many
programs to telenet BBS's such as COM-T. There is a local BBS who used to have
an I-Net feed of some sort who is running his BBS on an Atari 130XE Don't have
his info handy but I'll dig it up if you want. If you want more info I can send
you some stuff on PPPBBS and bbs int.

ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Mon Sep 28 1998 - 14:36:45 BST